diff --git a/src/makeStatusRequest.ts b/src/makeStatusRequest.ts
index e032034..00604c8 100644
--- a/src/makeStatusRequest.ts
+++ b/src/makeStatusRequest.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export type StatusRequest = RequestParameters & Pick<any, "owner" | "repo" | "st
 export const ERR_INVALID_OWNER = "Input 'owner' must be a valid GitHub username";
 export const ERR_INVALID_STATE = "Input 'state' must be one of success | error | failure | pending";
 
-const regExUsername = /^\w+-?\w+(?!-)$/;
+const regExUsername = /^[a-z\d](?:[a-z\d]|-(?=[a-z\d])){0,38}$/;
 
 export default function makeStatusRequest(testCore: any | null = null): StatusRequest {
     let core: CoreActionsForTesting =
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ function validateState(state: any): boolean {
 }
 export interface CoreActionsForTesting {
     getInput: (arg: string) => string
-}
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+}