diff --git a/pkg/detectors/uri/uri.go b/pkg/detectors/uri/uri.go
index bf6055dffab3..ead40520ac5c 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/uri/uri.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/uri/uri.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var _ detectors.Detector = (*Scanner)(nil)
 var _ detectors.CustomFalsePositiveChecker = (*Scanner)(nil)
 
 var (
-	keyPat = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(?:https?:)?\/\/[\w-\.]{3,50}:([\w-\.]{3,50})@[-.%\w\/:]+\b`)
+	keyPat = regexp.MustCompile(`\b(?:https?:)?\/\/[\w-\.]{3,50}:([\w-\.%$^&#@]{3,50})@[-.%\w\/:]+\b`)
 
 	// TODO: make local addr opt-out
 	defaultClient = detectors.DetectorHttpClientWithNoLocalAddresses