diff --git a/commitlint/helpers.ts b/commitlint/helpers.ts
index f6d886b6..3134e621 100644
--- a/commitlint/helpers.ts
+++ b/commitlint/helpers.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export abstract class Helpers {
     }
 
     public static removeAllCodeBlocks(text: string) {
-        return text.replace(/```[^]*```/g, "");
+        return text.replace(/```[\s\S]*?```/g, "");
     }
 
     public static splitByEOLs(text: string, numberOfEols: number) {