diff --git a/notes2web.py b/notes2web.py
index 2e358d4..15f3a5d 100755
--- a/notes2web.py
+++ b/notes2web.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import pathlib
 import pypandoc
 import shutil
 import os
-import re
+import regex as re
 import json
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3af4be9..728d73a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ pypandoc==1.5
 python-frontmatter==1.0.0
 python-magic==0.4.24
 PyYAML==5.4.1
+regex==2021.11.10
 soupsieve==2.2.1