diff --git a/chromadb/ingest/impl/utils.py b/chromadb/ingest/impl/utils.py
index 4ad92df6bc3..47c532fa6f7 100644
--- a/chromadb/ingest/impl/utils.py
+++ b/chromadb/ingest/impl/utils.py
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@
 from chromadb.db.base import SqlDB
 from chromadb.segment import SegmentManager, VectorReader
 
+_topic_pattern = re.compile(
+    r"persistent:\/\/(?P<tenant>.+)\/(?P<namespace>.+)\/(?P<topic>.+)"
+)
+
 topic_regex = r"persistent:\/\/(?P<tenant>.+)\/(?P<namespace>.+)\/(?P<topic>.+)"
 
 
 def parse_topic_name(topic_name: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str]:
     """Parse the topic name into the tenant, namespace and topic name"""
-    match = re.match(topic_regex, topic_name)
+    match = _topic_pattern.match(topic_name)
     if not match:
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid topic name: {topic_name}")
     return match.group("tenant"), match.group("namespace"), match.group("topic")