diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da37a70..c6f2c84 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "express-restify-mongoose",
-  "version": "9.0.4",
+  "version": "9.0.5",
   "description": "Easily create a flexible REST interface for mongoose models",
   "keywords": [
     "ReST",
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=16"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/express-restify-mongoose.ts b/src/express-restify-mongoose.ts
index f1f220c..93336d3 100644
--- a/src/express-restify-mongoose.ts
+++ b/src/express-restify-mongoose.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const defaultOptions: Omit<Options, "contextFilter" | "outputFn" | "onError"> =
     version: "/v1",
     idProperty: "_id",
     restify: false,
-    allowRegex: false,
+    allowRegex: true,
     runValidators: false,
     readPreference: "primary",
     totalCountHeader: false,