diff --git a/extensions/html/client/src/htmlMain.ts b/extensions/html/client/src/htmlMain.ts
index 15911915194..77121fbb89b 100644
--- a/extensions/html/client/src/htmlMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/html/client/src/htmlMain.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 		onEnterRules: [
 			{
 				beforeText: new RegExp(`<(?!(?:${EMPTY_ELEMENTS.join('|')}))([_:\\w][_:\\w-.\\d]*)([^/>]*(?!/)>)[^<]*$`, 'i'),
-				afterText: /^<\/([_:\w][_:\w-.\d]*)\s*>$/i,
+				afterText: /^<\/([_:\w][_:\w-.\d]*)\s*>/i,
 				action: { indentAction: IndentAction.IndentOutdent }
 			},
 			{
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 		onEnterRules: [
 			{
 				beforeText: new RegExp(`<(?!(?:${EMPTY_ELEMENTS.join('|')}))([_:\\w][_:\\w-.\\d]*)([^/>]*(?!/)>)[^<]*$`, 'i'),
-				afterText: /^<\/([_:\w][_:\w-.\d]*)\s*>$/i,
+				afterText: /^<\/([_:\w][_:\w-.\d]*)\s*>/i,
 				action: { indentAction: IndentAction.IndentOutdent }
 			},
 			{
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 		onEnterRules: [
 			{
 				beforeText: new RegExp(`<(?!(?:${EMPTY_ELEMENTS.join('|')}))([_:\\w][_:\\w-.\\d]*)([^/>]*(?!/)>)[^<]*$`, 'i'),
-				afterText: /^<\/([_:\w][_:\w-.\d]*)\s*>$/i,
+				afterText: /^<\/([_:\w][_:\w-.\d]*)\s*>/i,
 				action: { indentAction: IndentAction.IndentOutdent }
 			},
 			{