diff --git a/src/utils.test.ts b/src/utils.test.ts
index 7031b7ff..6f9cbdf9 100644
--- a/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@ describe("highlightSubString function ", () => {
       match: false,
     });
   });
+
+  it("handles special substrings for regex matching", () => {
+    expect(highlightSubString("somestring\\", "\\")).toEqual({
+      text: "somestring<strong>\\</strong>",
+      match: true,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index cca6daaf..0bb1e20a 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ export const highlightSubString = (
       match: false,
     };
   }
-  const caseInsensitiveRegex = new RegExp(subString, "gi");
+
+  const escapedSubstring = subString.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+  const caseInsensitiveRegex = new RegExp(escapedSubstring, "gi");
   const newStr = str.replace(
     caseInsensitiveRegex,
     (match) => `<strong>${match}</strong>`,