diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityCardBlueprint.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityCardBlueprint.test.tsx
index 090f559915..af04673ad1 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityCardBlueprint.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityCardBlueprint.test.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('EntityCardBlueprint', () => {
                               "not": {},
                             },
                             "propertyNames": {
-                              "pattern": "(?!\\$)+",
+                              "pattern": "^\\$",
                             },
                             "type": "object",
                           },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContentBlueprint.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContentBlueprint.test.tsx
index 6c0f99b5b4..e80834be92 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContentBlueprint.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContentBlueprint.test.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('EntityContentBlueprint', () => {
                               "not": {},
                             },
                             "propertyNames": {
-                              "pattern": "(?!\\$)+",
+                              "pattern": "^\\$",
                             },
                             "type": "object",
                           },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint.test.tsx
index ddfe63e7e6..d92fcc1863 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/blueprints/EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint.test.tsx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe('EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint', () => {
                           "not": {},
                         },
                         "propertyNames": {
-                          "pattern": "(?!\\$)+",
+                          "pattern": "^\\$",
                         },
                         "type": "object",
                       },
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/createEntityPredicateSchema.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/createEntityPredicateSchema.ts
index c04a74db57..3e31ec4d35 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/createEntityPredicateSchema.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/alpha/predicates/createEntityPredicateSchema.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function createEntityPredicateSchema(z: typeof zImpl) {
   const expressionSchema = z.lazy(() =>
     z.union([
       z.record(z.string().regex(/^(?!\$).*$/), valuePredicateSchema),
-      z.record(z.string().regex(/(?!\$)+/), z.never()),
+      z.record(z.string().regex(/^\$/), z.never()),
     ]),
   ) as ZodType<EntityPredicateExpression>;