diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7edaecb..7027522d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Improvements:
 
+* Generated regexes are prefixed with a caret (`^`) to ensure they are not interpreted as Cucumber expressions. (#98)
+
 ## Bug fixes:
+
 * Fix: Ambiguous steps reported wehn definition matches via more than one tag (#95)
-*Contributors of this release (in alphabetical order):* @clrudolphi
+
+*Contributors of this release (in alphabetical order):* @304NotModified, @clrudolphi
 
 # v2025.1.256 - 2025-03-07
 
diff --git a/Reqnroll.VisualStudio/Snippets/Fallback/RegexStepDefinitionSkeletonProvider.cs b/Reqnroll.VisualStudio/Snippets/Fallback/RegexStepDefinitionSkeletonProvider.cs
index 19979628..4efcde28 100644
--- a/Reqnroll.VisualStudio/Snippets/Fallback/RegexStepDefinitionSkeletonProvider.cs
+++ b/Reqnroll.VisualStudio/Snippets/Fallback/RegexStepDefinitionSkeletonProvider.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ public RegexStepDefinitionSkeletonProvider(ReqnrollProjectTraits projectTraits)
 
     protected override string GetExpression(AnalyzedStepText stepText)
     {
-        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        // Prefix regex with ^ to ensure that it's detected as regex instead of a cucumber expression.  
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("^");
 
         result.Append(EscapeRegex(stepText.TextParts[0]));
         for (int i = 1; i < stepText.TextParts.Count; i++)
diff --git a/Tests/Reqnroll.VisualStudio.Specs/Features/Editor/Commands/DefineStepsCommand.feature b/Tests/Reqnroll.VisualStudio.Specs/Features/Editor/Commands/DefineStepsCommand.feature
index 2e3ebe70..6aa5aadd 100644
--- a/Tests/Reqnroll.VisualStudio.Specs/Features/Editor/Commands/DefineStepsCommand.feature
+++ b/Tests/Reqnroll.VisualStudio.Specs/Features/Editor/Commands/DefineStepsCommand.feature
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Scenario: DefineSteps command abides by reqnroll.json configuration for regex sk
 		When I invoke the "Define Steps" command
 		Then the define steps dialog should be opened with the following step definition skeletons
 			| type  | expression                        |
-			| Given | the client added (.*) pcs to the basket |
+			| Given | ^the client added (.*) pcs to the basket |
 
 Scenario: DefineSteps command properly escapes empty brackets when using Cucumber expressions
 	Given there is a Reqnroll project scope
@@ -161,5 +161,5 @@ Scenario: DefineSteps command properly escapes empty brackets when using Regex e
 	When I invoke the "Define Steps" command
 	Then the define steps dialog should be opened with the following step definition skeletons
 		| type | expression |
-		| When | I use \\(parenthesis\), \\{curly braces}, \\\ backslash, and/or \\. period |
+		| When | ^I use \\(parenthesis\), \\{curly braces}, \\\ backslash, and/or \\. period |