diff --git a/pkg/engine/variables/regex/vars.go b/pkg/engine/variables/regex/vars.go
index c894f3d247..a91f6154f6 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/variables/regex/vars.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/variables/regex/vars.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	RegexReferences = regexp.MustCompile(`^\$\(.[^\ ]*\)|[^\\]\$\(.[^\ ]*\)`)
 
 	// RegexEscpReferences is the Regex for '\$(...)'
-	RegexEscpReferences = regexp.MustCompile(`\\\$\(.[^\ ]*\)`)
+	RegexEscpReferences = regexp.MustCompile(`\\\$\(.[^\ \)]*\)`)
 
 	RegexVariableInit = regexp.MustCompile(`^\{\{(\{[^{}]*\}|[^{}])*\}\}`)
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/variables/vars_test.go b/pkg/engine/variables/vars_test.go
index efea0182ce..63bf8b2fa1 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/variables/vars_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/variables/vars_test.go
@@ -1100,7 +1100,8 @@ func Test_EscpReferenceSubstitution(t *testing.T) {
 			  "test1": "$(../../../../spec/namespace)",
 			  "test2": "\\$(ENV_VAR)",
 			  "test3": "\\${ENV_VAR}",
-			  "test4": "\\\\\\${ENV_VAR}"
+			  "test4": "\\\\\\${ENV_VAR}",
+			  "test5": "\\$(NODE_NAME)/postgres/\\$(POD_NAME)"
             }
 		},
 		"(spec)": {
@@ -1118,7 +1119,8 @@ func Test_EscpReferenceSubstitution(t *testing.T) {
 			  "test1": "n1",
 			  "test2": "$(ENV_VAR)",
 			  "test3": "\\${ENV_VAR}",
-			  "test4": "\\\\\\${ENV_VAR}"
+			  "test4": "\\\\\\${ENV_VAR}",
+			  "test5": "$(NODE_NAME)/postgres/$(POD_NAME)"
             }
 		},
 		"(spec)": {