diff --git a/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml b/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml
index 39457ce..25f95bc 100644
--- a/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/k3s_agent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
     state: absent
     path: "{{ systemd_dir }}/k3s-agent.service.env"
-    regexp: "^K3S_TOKEN=\\s*(?!{{ token }}\\s*$)"
+    regexp: "^K3S_TOKEN=\\s*(?!{{ token | regex_escape }}\\s*$)"
 
 - name: Add the token for joining the cluster to the environment
   no_log: true # avoid logging the server token
diff --git a/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml
index e572fa2..bae9438 100644
--- a/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/k3s_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
         state: absent
         path: "{{ systemd_dir }}/k3s.service.env"
-        regexp: "^K3S_TOKEN=\\s*(?!{{ token }}\\s*$)"
+        regexp: "^K3S_TOKEN=\\s*(?!{{ token | regex_escape }}\\s*$)"
 
     - name: Add the token for joining the cluster to the environment
       no_log: true # avoid logging the server token