diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Jobs/Constants.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Jobs/Constants.pm
index 8afe3208012..7476d48754a 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Jobs/Constants.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Jobs/Constants.pm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Exporter 'import';
 # define regex for validating test names in accordance with `JobScenarios-01.yaml` and `JobTemplates-01.yaml`
 # note: In contrast to the YAML schema a few more characters are allowed here as they are useful for manually
 #       triggered jobs, e.g. via `openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec`.
-use constant TEST_NAME_REGEX => qr|^[A-Za-z 0-9_*.+,:/#@%"'-]+$|;
+use constant TEST_NAME_REGEX => qr|^[A-Za-z 0-9_*.+,:/#@%"'-]+\z|;
 
 # job states
 use constant {
diff --git a/t/api/04-jobs.t b/t/api/04-jobs.t
index e097b89f44b..20d72f4f5ef 100644
--- a/t/api/04-jobs.t
+++ b/t/api/04-jobs.t
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ subtest 'get job status' => sub {
 };
 
 subtest 'validation of test name' => sub {
-    my @disallowed = ('spam=eggs', "spam\teggs");
+    my @disallowed = ('spam=eggs', "spam\teggs", "spam\neggs", "spam eggs\n");
     my @allowed = ('spam.eggs', 'spam+eggs', 'spam:"eggs"', 'spam@eggs', "spam 'eggs'");
     $t->post_ok('/api/v1/jobs', form => {TEST => $_})->status_is(400, "test name $_ disallowed") for @disallowed;
     $t->json_is('/error' => 'The following settings are invalid: TEST', 'error for invalid test name returned');