#11873: Improve test regex so random directory names don't cause test to fail
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compileall.py b/Lib/test/test_compileall.py
index 250d31b..c1dfdb3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compileall.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compileall.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(b'', quiet)
 
     def test_regexp(self):
-        self.assertRunOK('-q', '-x', 'ba.*', self.pkgdir)
+        self.assertRunOK('-q', '-x', 'ba[^\/]*$', self.pkgdir)
         self.assertNotCompiled(self.barfn)
         self.assertCompiled(self.initfn)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5fb153d..4e0be32 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #11873: Change regex in test_compileall to fix occasional failures when
+  when the randomly generated temporary path happened to match the regex.
+
 - Issue #10914: Add a minimal embedding test to test_capi.
 
 - Issue #11790: Fix sporadic failures in test_multiprocessing.WithProcessesTestCondition.