diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt
index b5ccac4173a9..5b34f64346c7 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   # Specify which files should be added to the gem when it is released.
   # The `git ls-files -z` loads the files in the RubyGem that have been added into git.
   spec.files = Dir.chdir(File.expand_path(__dir__)) do
-    `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
+    `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{\A(?:test|spec|features)/}) }
   end
   spec.bindir        = "exe"
-  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{\Aexe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 <%- if config[:ext] -%>
   spec.extensions    = ["ext/<%= config[:underscored_name] %>/extconf.rb"]