diff --git a/pkg/fanal/secret/builtin-allow-rules.go b/pkg/fanal/secret/builtin-allow-rules.go
index 5e02f3241a04..634037fbceec 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/secret/builtin-allow-rules.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/secret/builtin-allow-rules.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var builtinAllowRules = []AllowRule{
 	{
 		ID:          "tests",
 		Description: "Avoid test files and paths",
-		Path:        MustCompile(`(^test|\/test|-test|_test|\.test)`),
+		Path:        MustCompile(`(^(?i)test|\/test|-test|_test|\.test)`),
 	},
 	{
 		ID:          "examples",