diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index 0387cbef6..22397fcc4 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ soc:
   logLevel:
     description: The SOC log level, useful for enabling debug logging for advanced troubleshooting. Allowed values are debug, info, warn, error. The SOC log is available at /opt/so/log/soc/sensoroni-server.log.
     global: True
-    regex: (info|debug|warn|error)
+    regex: ^(info|debug|warn|error)$
   files:
     soc:
       banner__md: