diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index c4e282b673..8f4fc6a467 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import noOnlyTests from 'eslint-plugin-no-only-tests'
 import typegen from 'eslint-typegen'
 // @ts-expect-error missing types
 import perfectionist from 'eslint-plugin-perfectionist'
+import regex from 'eslint-plugin-regexp'
 
 export default createConfigForNuxt({
   features: {
@@ -216,6 +217,9 @@ export default createConfigForNuxt({
         'vue/multi-word-component-names': 'off',
       },
     },
+
+    // @ts-ignore types misaligned
+    regex.configs['flat/recommended'],
   )
 
   // Generate type definitions for the eslint config
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3e094b228..0620a07d04 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     "eslint": "9.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-no-only-tests": "3.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-perfectionist": "2.10.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-regexp": "^2.5.0",
     "eslint-typegen": "0.2.4",
     "execa": "9.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/compatibility.ts b/packages/kit/src/compatibility.ts
index a03813dd48..b2720f05c9 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/compatibility.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/compatibility.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Nuxt, NuxtCompatibility, NuxtCompatibilityIssues } from '@nuxt/sch
 import { useNuxt } from './context'
 
 export function normalizeSemanticVersion (version: string) {
-  return version.replace(/-[0-9]+\.[0-9a-f]+/, '') // Remove edge prefix
+  return version.replace(/-\d+\.[0-9a-f]+/, '') // Remove edge prefix
 }
 
 const builderMap = {
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/internal/template.ts b/packages/kit/src/internal/template.ts
index 9349f704df..5b40a2a214 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/internal/template.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/internal/template.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function compileTemplate<T> (template: NuxtTemplate<T>, ctx: any) {
 }
 
 /** @deprecated */
-const serialize = (data: any) => JSON.stringify(data, null, 2).replace(/"{(.+)}"(?=,?$)/gm, r => JSON.parse(r).replace(/^{(.*)}$/, '$1'))
+const serialize = (data: any) => JSON.stringify(data, null, 2).replace(/"\{(.+)\}"(?=,?$)/gm, r => JSON.parse(r).replace(/^\{(.*)\}$/, '$1'))
 
 /** @deprecated */
 const importSources = (sources: string | string[], { lazy = false } = {}) => {
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime-config.ts b/packages/kit/src/runtime-config.ts
index a83358f11c..f6e014fd3e 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime-config.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime-config.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function applyEnv (
   return obj
 }
 
-const envExpandRx = /{{(.*?)}}/g
+const envExpandRx = /\{\{(.*?)\}\}/g
 
 function _expandFromEnv (value: string, env: Record<string, any> = process.env) {
   return value.replace(envExpandRx, (match, key) => {
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/template.ts b/packages/kit/src/template.ts
index 9290e62fd5..4aa9ec147b 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/template.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/template.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export async function _generateTypes (nuxt: Nuxt) {
     } else {
       const path = stats?.isFile()
         // remove extension
-        ? relativePath.replace(/(?<=\w)\.\w+$/g, '')
+        ? relativePath.replace(/\b\.\w+$/g, '')
         // non-existent file probably shouldn't be resolved
         : aliases[alias]
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export async function _generateTypes (nuxt: Nuxt) {
     tsConfig.compilerOptions!.paths[alias] = await Promise.all(paths.map(async (path: string) => {
       if (!isAbsolute(path)) { return path }
       const stats = await fsp.stat(path).catch(() => null /* file does not exist */)
-      return relativeWithDot(nuxt.options.buildDir, stats?.isFile() ? path.replace(/(?<=\w)\.\w+$/g, '') /* remove extension */ : path)
+      return relativeWithDot(nuxt.options.buildDir, stats?.isFile() ? path.replace(/\b\.\w+$/g, '') /* remove extension */ : path)
     }))
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/client-fallback-auto-id.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/client-fallback-auto-id.ts
index 19b5a39984..7aa42f1d0a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/client-fallback-auto-id.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/client-fallback-auto-id.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface LoaderOptions {
   transform?: ComponentsOptions['transform']
   rootDir: string
 }
-const CLIENT_FALLBACK_RE = /<(NuxtClientFallback|nuxt-client-fallback)( [^>]*)?>/
+const CLIENT_FALLBACK_RE = /<(?:NuxtClientFallback|nuxt-client-fallback)(?: [^>]*)?>/
 const CLIENT_FALLBACK_GLOBAL_RE = /<(NuxtClientFallback|nuxt-client-fallback)( [^>]*)?>/g
 export const clientFallbackAutoIdPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LoaderOptions) => {
   const exclude = options.transform?.exclude || []
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const clientFallbackAutoIdPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LoaderOptions
 
       s.replace(CLIENT_FALLBACK_GLOBAL_RE, (full, name, attrs) => {
         count++
-        if (/ :?uid=/g.test(attrs)) { return full }
+        if (/ :?uid=/.test(attrs)) { return full }
         return `<${name} :uid="'${hash(relativeID)}' + JSON.stringify($props) + '${count}'"  ${attrs ?? ''}>`
       })
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts
index 6e018dc167..ac5a954932 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ interface ComponentChunkOptions {
 }
 
 const SCRIPT_RE = /<script[^>]*>/g
-const HAS_SLOT_OR_CLIENT_RE = /(<slot[^>]*>)|(nuxt-client)/
+const HAS_SLOT_OR_CLIENT_RE = /<slot[^>]*>|nuxt-client/
 const TEMPLATE_RE = /<template>([\s\S]*)<\/template>/
 const NUXTCLIENT_ATTR_RE = /\s:?nuxt-client(="[^"]*")?/g
 const IMPORT_CODE = '\nimport { vforToArray as __vforToArray } from \'#app/components/utils\'' + '\nimport NuxtTeleportIslandComponent from \'#app/components/nuxt-teleport-island-component\'' + '\nimport NuxtTeleportSsrSlot from \'#app/components/nuxt-teleport-island-slot\''
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts
index 628638ffad..b56271e631 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const loaderPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LoaderOptions) => {
       const s = new MagicString(code)
 
       // replace `_resolveComponent("...")` to direct import
-      s.replace(/(?<=[ (])_?resolveComponent\(\s*["'](lazy-|Lazy)?([^'"]*?)["'][\s,]*[^)]*\)/g, (full: string, lazy: string, name: string) => {
+      s.replace(/(?<=[ (])_?resolveComponent\(\s*["'](lazy-|Lazy)?([^'"]*)["'][^)]*\)/g, (full: string, lazy: string, name: string) => {
         const component = findComponent(components, name, options.mode)
         if (component) {
           // @ts-expect-error TODO: refactor to nuxi
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
index 82e227a2ad..032c237050 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function compareDirByPathLength ({ path: pathA }: { path: string }, { path: path
   return pathB.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).length - pathA.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).length
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_COMPONENTS_DIRS_RE = /\/components(\/global|\/islands)?$/
+const DEFAULT_COMPONENTS_DIRS_RE = /\/components\/(?:global|islands)?$/
 
 export type getComponentsT = (mode?: 'client' | 'server' | 'all') => Component[]
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
index dc3eb4f2a6..a09413991e 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ export async function scanComponents (dirs: ComponentsDir[], srcDir: string): Pr
        */
       let fileName = basename(filePath, extname(filePath))
 
-      const island = /\.(island)(\.global)?$/.test(fileName) || dir.island
-      const global = /\.(global)(\.island)?$/.test(fileName) || dir.global
+      const island = /\.island(?:\.global)?$/.test(fileName) || dir.island
+      const global = /\.global(?:\.island)?$/.test(fileName) || dir.global
       const mode = island ? 'server' : (fileName.match(/(?<=\.)(client|server)(\.global|\.island)*$/)?.[1] || 'all') as 'client' | 'server' | 'all'
       fileName = fileName.replace(/(\.(client|server))?(\.global|\.island)*$/, '')
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts
index bb21509ee7..ff55e3c7f2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ export const componentsTypeTemplate = {
     const buildDir = nuxt.options.buildDir
     const componentTypes = app.components.filter(c => !c.island).map((c) => {
       const type = `typeof ${genDynamicImport(isAbsolute(c.filePath)
-        ? relative(buildDir, c.filePath).replace(/(?<=\w)\.(?!vue)\w+$/g, '')
-        : c.filePath.replace(/(?<=\w)\.(?!vue)\w+$/g, ''), { wrapper: false })}['${c.export}']`
+        ? relative(buildDir, c.filePath).replace(/\b\.(?!vue)\w+$/g, '')
+        : c.filePath.replace(/\b\.(?!vue)\w+$/g, ''), { wrapper: false })}['${c.export}']`
       return [
         c.pascalName,
         c.island || c.mode === 'server' ? `IslandComponent<${type}>` : type,
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/tree-shake.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/tree-shake.ts
index f6034d023c..56ea65cd3b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/tree-shake.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/tree-shake.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ interface TreeShakeTemplatePluginOptions {
 type AcornNode<N extends Node> = N & { start: number, end: number }
 
 const SSR_RENDER_RE = /ssrRenderComponent/
-const PLACEHOLDER_EXACT_RE = /^(fallback|placeholder)$/
+const PLACEHOLDER_EXACT_RE = /^(?:fallback|placeholder)$/
 const CLIENT_ONLY_NAME_RE = /^(?:_unref\()?(?:_component_)?(?:Lazy|lazy_)?(?:client_only|ClientOnly\)?)$/
 const PARSER_OPTIONS = { sourceType: 'module', ecmaVersion: 'latest' }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index 5f6d726fef..c66e33c198 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function build (nuxt: Nuxt) {
       if (event === 'change') { return }
       const path = resolve(nuxt.options.srcDir, relativePath)
       const relativePaths = nuxt.options._layers.map(l => relative(l.config.srcDir || l.cwd, path))
-      const restartPath = relativePaths.find(relativePath => /^(app\.|error\.|plugins\/|middleware\/|layouts\/)/i.test(relativePath))
+      const restartPath = relativePaths.find(relativePath => /^(?:app\.|error\.|plugins\/|middleware\/|layouts\/)/i.test(relativePath))
       if (restartPath) {
         if (restartPath.startsWith('app')) {
           app.mainComponent = undefined
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index 1a5ac75fb2..93203e239c 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
       tsConfig.compilerOptions.paths[alias] = [absolutePath]
       tsConfig.compilerOptions.paths[`${alias}/*`] = [`${absolutePath}/*`]
     } else {
-      tsConfig.compilerOptions.paths[alias] = [absolutePath.replace(/(?<=\w)\.\w+$/g, '')] /* remove extension */
+      tsConfig.compilerOptions.paths[alias] = [absolutePath.replace(/\b\.\w+$/g, '')] /* remove extension */
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
index 113d4aea73..2d77d45b53 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
@@ -621,4 +621,4 @@ export async function loadNuxt (opts: LoadNuxtOptions): Promise<Nuxt> {
   return nuxt
 }
 
-const RESTART_RE = /^(app|error|app\.config)\.(js|ts|mjs|jsx|tsx|vue)$/i
+const RESTART_RE = /^(?:app|error|app\.config)\.(?:js|ts|mjs|jsx|tsx|vue)$/i
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/import-protection.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/import-protection.ts
index cd740d9828..56f0a579f4 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/import-protection.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/import-protection.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const nuxtImportProtections = (nuxt: { options: NuxtOptions }, options: {
   ])
 
   patterns.push([
-    /^((|~|~~|@|@@)\/)?nuxt\.config(\.|$)/,
+    /^((~|~~|@|@@)?\/)?nuxt\.config(\.|$)/,
     'Importing directly from a `nuxt.config` file is not allowed. Instead, use runtime config or a module.',
   ])
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/dev-server-logs.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/dev-server-logs.ts
index 194ca2dc38..34b579b742 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/dev-server-logs.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/dev-server-logs.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ function getStack () {
   return stack.stack?.replace(EXCLUDE_TRACE_RE, '').replace(/^Error.*\n/, '') || ''
 }
 
-const FILENAME_RE = /at.*\(([^:)]+)[):]/
-const FILENAME_RE_GLOBAL = /at.*\(([^)]+)\)/g
+const FILENAME_RE = /at[^(]*\(([^:)]+)[):]/
+const FILENAME_RE_GLOBAL = /at[^(]*\(([^)]+)\)/g
 function extractFilenameFromStack (stacktrace: string) {
   return stacktrace.match(FILENAME_RE)?.[1].replace(withTrailingSlash(rootDir), '')
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index eb0b599948..b5d15731b3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ function getServerComponentHTML (body: string[]): string {
 
 const SSR_SLOT_TELEPORT_MARKER = /^uid=([^;]*);slot=(.*)$/
 const SSR_CLIENT_TELEPORT_MARKER = /^uid=([^;]*);client=(.*)$/
-const SSR_CLIENT_SLOT_MARKER = /^island-slot=(?:[^;]*);(.*)$/
+const SSR_CLIENT_SLOT_MARKER = /^island-slot=[^;]*;(.*)$/
 
 function getSlotIslandResponse (ssrContext: NuxtSSRContext): NuxtIslandResponse['slots'] {
   if (!ssrContext.islandContext || !Object.keys(ssrContext.islandContext.slots).length) { return undefined }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
index 9cccd80902..0be5dcac55 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export const appConfigDeclarationTemplate: NuxtTemplate = {
     return `
 import type { CustomAppConfig } from 'nuxt/schema'
 import type { Defu } from 'defu'
-${app.configs.map((id: string, index: number) => `import ${`cfg${index}`} from ${JSON.stringify(id.replace(/(?<=\w)\.\w+$/g, ''))}`).join('\n')}
+${app.configs.map((id: string, index: number) => `import ${`cfg${index}`} from ${JSON.stringify(id.replace(/\b\.\w+$/g, ''))}`).join('\n')}
 
 declare const inlineConfig = ${JSON.stringify(nuxt.options.appConfig, null, 2)}
 type ResolvedAppConfig = Defu<typeof inlineConfig, [${app.configs.map((_id: string, index: number) => `typeof cfg${index}`).join(', ')}]>
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/utils/plugins.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/utils/plugins.ts
index 54f214b8a3..b8edfe9bd7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/utils/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/utils/plugins.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function isVue (id: string, opts: { type?: Array<'template' | 'script' |
   return true
 }
 
-const JS_RE = /\.((c|m)?j|t)sx?$/
+const JS_RE = /\.(?:[cm]?j|t)sx?$/
 
 export function isJS (id: string) {
   // JavaScript files
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/prerender.server.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/prerender.server.ts
index 31467d17b0..a8cf539151 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/prerender.server.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/prerender.server.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async () => {
 
 // Implementation
 
-const OPTIONAL_PARAM_RE = /^\/?:.*(\?|\(\.\*\)\*)$/
+const OPTIONAL_PARAM_RE = /^\/?:.*(?:\?|\(\.\*\)\*)$/
 
 function processRoutes (routes: RouteRecordRaw[], currentPath = '/', routesToPrerender = new Set<string>()) {
   for (const route of routes) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
index dd0dbf8bfb..9bd65069fe 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export async function generateRoutesFromFiles (files: ScannedFile[], options: Ge
   return prepareRoutes(routes)
 }
 
-const SFC_SCRIPT_RE = /<script\s*[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script\s*[^>]*>/i
+const SFC_SCRIPT_RE = /<script[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script[^>]*>/i
 export function extractScriptContent (html: string) {
   const match = html.match(SFC_SCRIPT_RE)
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function extractScriptContent (html: string) {
   return null
 }
 
-const PAGE_META_RE = /(definePageMeta\([\s\S]*?\))/
+const PAGE_META_RE = /definePageMeta\([\s\S]*?\)/
 const DYNAMIC_META_KEY = '__nuxt_dynamic_meta_key' as const
 
 const pageContentsCache: Record<string, string> = {}
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function getRoutePath (tokens: SegmentToken[]): string {
   }, '/')
 }
 
-const PARAM_CHAR_RE = /[\w\d_.]/
+const PARAM_CHAR_RE = /[\w.]/
 
 function parseSegment (segment: string) {
   let state: SegmentParserState = SegmentParserState.initial
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ export function pathToNitroGlob (path: string) {
     return null
   }
 
-  return path.replace(/\/(?:[^:/]+)?:\w+.*$/, '/**')
+  return path.replace(/\/[^:/]*:\w.*$/, '/**')
 }
 
 export function resolveRoutePaths (page: NuxtPage, parent = '/'): string[] {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/treeshake-client.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/treeshake-client.test.ts
index 9306bec381..e0b076d950 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/treeshake-client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/treeshake-client.test.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ describe('treeshake client only in ssr', () => {
         expect(treeshaken).not.toContain('ssrRenderComponent(_unref(HelloWorld')
         expect(treeshaken).toContain('ssrRenderComponent(_unref(Glob')
       }
-      expect(treeshaken.replace(/data-v-[\d\w]{8}/g, 'data-v-one-hash').replace(/scoped=[\d\w]{8}/g, 'scoped=one-hash')).toMatchSnapshot()
+      expect(treeshaken.replace(/data-v-\w{8}/g, 'data-v-one-hash').replace(/scoped=\w{8}/g, 'scoped=one-hash')).toMatchSnapshot()
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/ui-templates/lib/dev.ts b/packages/ui-templates/lib/dev.ts
index a9d6ff55a1..00a307c2fc 100644
--- a/packages/ui-templates/lib/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-templates/lib/dev.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const DevRenderingPlugin = () => {
       const messages = JSON.parse(await fsp.readFile(r(page, 'messages.json'), 'utf-8'))
 
       return template(contents, {
-        interpolate: /{{{?([\s\S]+?)}?}}/g,
+        interpolate: /\{\{\{?([\s\S]+?)\}?\}\}/g,
       })({
         messages: { ...genericMessages, ...messages },
       })
diff --git a/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts b/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts
index 38ea09e2a6..34ba7c189c 100644
--- a/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const RenderPlugin = () => {
         }
 
         // Inline our scripts
-        const scriptSources = Array.from(html.matchAll(/<script[^>]*src="(.*)"[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/script>/g))
+        const scriptSources = Array.from(html.matchAll(/<script[^>]*src="([^"]*)"[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/script>/g))
           .filter(([_block, src]) => src?.match(/^\/.*\.js$/))
 
         for (const [scriptBlock, src] of scriptSources) {
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ export const RenderPlugin = () => {
         const messages = JSON.parse(readFileSync(r(`templates/${templateName}/messages.json`), 'utf-8'))
 
         // Serialize into a js function
-        const chunks = html.split(/\{{2,3}\s*[^{}]+\s*\}{2,3}/g).map(chunk => JSON.stringify(chunk))
+        const chunks = html.split(/\{{2,3}[^{}]+\}{2,3}/g).map(chunk => JSON.stringify(chunk))
         const hasMessages = chunks.length > 1
         let templateString = chunks.shift()
-        for (const expression of html.matchAll(/\{{2,3}(\s*[^{}]+\s*)\}{2,3}/g)) {
+        for (const expression of html.matchAll(/\{{2,3}([^{}]+)\}{2,3}/g)) {
           templateString += ` + (${expression[1].trim()}) + ${chunks.shift()}`
         }
         if (chunks.length > 0) {
@@ -98,28 +98,28 @@ export const RenderPlugin = () => {
         ].join('\n')
 
         const templateContent = html
-          .match(/<body.*?>([\s\S]*)<\/body>/)?.[0]
-          .replace(/(?<=<|<\/)body/g, 'div')
+          .match(/<body[^>]*>([\s\S]*)<\/body>/)?.[0]
+          .replace(/(?<=<\/|<)body/g, 'div')
           .replace(/messages\./g, '')
           .replace(/<script[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/g, '')
           .replace(/<a href="(\/[^"]*)"([^>]*)>([\s\S]*)<\/a>/g, '<NuxtLink to="$1"$2>\n$3\n</NuxtLink>')
 
-          .replace(/<([^>]+) ([a-z]+)="([^"]*)({{\s*(\w+?)\s*}})([^"]*)"([^>]*)>/g, '<$1 :$2="`$3${$5}$6`"$7>')
-          .replace(/>{{\s*(\w+?)\s*}}<\/[\w-]*>/g, ' v-text="$1" />')
-          .replace(/>{{{\s*(\w+?)\s*}}}<\/[\w-]*>/g, ' v-html="$1" />')
+          .replace(/<([^>]+) ([a-z]+)="([^"]*)(\{\{\s*(\w+)\s*\}\})([^"]*)"([^>]*)>/g, '<$1 :$2="`$3${$5}$6`"$7>')
+          .replace(/>\{\{\s*(\w+)\s*\}\}<\/[\w-]*>/g, ' v-text="$1" />')
+          .replace(/>\{\{\{\s*(\w+)\s*\}\}\}<\/[\w-]*>/g, ' v-html="$1" />')
         // We are not matching <link> <script> and <meta> tags as these aren't used yet in nuxt/ui
         // and should be taken care of wherever this SFC is used
-        const title = html.match(/<title.*?>([\s\S]*)<\/title>/)?.[1].replace(/{{([\s\S]+?)}}/g, (r) => {
+        const title = html.match(/<title[^>]*>([\s\S]*)<\/title>/)?.[1].replace(/\{\{([\s\S]+?)\}\}/g, (r) => {
           return `\${${r.slice(2, -2)}}`.replace(/messages\./g, 'props.')
         })
         const styleContent = Array.from(html.matchAll(/<style[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/style>/g)).map(block => block[1]).join('\n')
-        const globalStyles = styleContent.replace(/(\.[^{\d][^{]*?\{[^}]*?\})+.?/g, (r) => {
+        const globalStyles = styleContent.replace(/(\.[^{\d][^{]*\{[^}]*\})+.?/g, (r) => {
           const lastChar = r[r.length - 1]
           if (lastChar && !['}', '.', '@', '*', ':'].includes(lastChar)) {
             return ';' + lastChar
           }
           return lastChar
-        }).replace(/@media[^{]*?\{\}/g, '')
+        }).replace(/@media[^{]*\{\}/g, '')
         const inlineScripts = Array.from(html.matchAll(/<script>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/g))
           .map(block => block[1])
           .filter(i => !i.includes('const t=document.createElement("link")'))
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/composable-keys.ts b/packages/vite/src/plugins/composable-keys.ts
index c333bfea45..4832d60e61 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/composable-keys.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/plugins/composable-keys.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ interface ComposableKeysOptions {
 }
 
 const stringTypes = ['Literal', 'TemplateLiteral']
-const NUXT_LIB_RE = /node_modules\/(nuxt|nuxt3|nuxt-nightly)\//
-const SUPPORTED_EXT_RE = /\.(m?[jt]sx?|vue)/
+const NUXT_LIB_RE = /node_modules\/(?:nuxt|nuxt3|nuxt-nightly)\//
+const SUPPORTED_EXT_RE = /\.(?:m?[jt]sx?|vue)/
 
 export const composableKeysPlugin = createUnplugin((options: ComposableKeysOptions) => {
   const composableMeta: Record<string, any> = {}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const composableKeysPlugin = createUnplugin((options: ComposableKeysOptio
     },
     transform (code, id) {
       if (!KEYED_FUNCTIONS_RE.test(code)) { return }
-      const { 0: script = code, index: codeIndex = 0 } = code.match(/(?<=<script[^>]*>)[\S\s.]*?(?=<\/script>)/) || { index: 0, 0: code }
+      const { 0: script = code, index: codeIndex = 0 } = code.match(/(?<=<script[^>]*>)[\s\S]*?(?=<\/script>)/) || { index: 0, 0: code }
       const s = new MagicString(code)
       // https://github.com/unjs/unplugin/issues/90
       let imports: Set<string> | undefined
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/ssr-styles.ts b/packages/vite/src/plugins/ssr-styles.ts
index 130c4e7985..37fc7da1f7 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/ssr-styles.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/plugins/ssr-styles.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface SSRStylePluginOptions {
   mode: 'server' | 'client'
 }
 
-const SUPPORTED_FILES_RE = /\.(vue|((c|m)?j|t)sx?)$/
+const SUPPORTED_FILES_RE = /\.(?:vue|(?:[cm]?j|t)sx?)$/
 
 export function ssrStylesPlugin (options: SSRStylePluginOptions): Plugin {
   const cssMap: Record<string, { files: string[], inBundle: boolean }> = {}
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/utils/index.ts
index 55e17df086..c667b96b20 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export function uniq<T> (arr: T[]): T[] {
 }
 
 // Copied from vue-bundle-renderer utils
-const IS_CSS_RE = /\.(?:css|scss|sass|postcss|pcss|less|stylus|styl)(\?[^.]+)?$/
+const IS_CSS_RE = /\.(?:css|scss|sass|postcss|pcss|less|stylus|styl)(?:\?[^.]+)?$/
 
 export function isCSS (file: string) {
   return IS_CSS_RE.test(file)
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/configs/server.ts b/packages/webpack/src/configs/server.ts
index 662b53cfa4..16ab572de3 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/configs/server.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/configs/server.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { applyPresets } from '../utils/config'
 import { nuxt } from '../presets/nuxt'
 import { node } from '../presets/node'
 
-const assetPattern = /\.(css|s[ca]ss|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|woff2?|eot|ttf|otf|webp|webm|mp4|ogv)(\?.*)?$/i
+const assetPattern = /\.(?:css|s[ca]ss|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|woff2?|eot|ttf|otf|webp|webm|mp4|ogv)(?:\?.*)?$/i
 
 export function server (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   ctx.name = 'server'
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/plugins/vue/util.ts b/packages/webpack/src/plugins/vue/util.ts
index 11470861b0..7d2788dac9 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/plugins/vue/util.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/plugins/vue/util.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ export const isJS = (file: string) => isJSRegExp.test(file)
 
 export const extractQueryPartJS = (file: string) => isJSRegExp.exec(file)?.[1]
 
-export const isCSS = (file: string) => /\.css(\?[^.]+)?$/.test(file)
+export const isCSS = (file: string) => /\.css(?:\?[^.]+)?$/.test(file)
 
 export const isHotUpdate = (file: string) => file.includes('hot-update')
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts
index 13c9f8e82e..602bc37aeb 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function fileName (ctx: WebpackConfigContext, key: string) {
   }
 
   if (typeof fileName === 'string' && ctx.options.dev) {
-    const hash = /\[(chunkhash|contenthash|hash)(?::(\d+))?]/.exec(fileName)
+    const hash = /\[(chunkhash|contenthash|hash)(?::\d+)?\]/.exec(fileName)
     if (hash) {
       logger.warn(`Notice: Please do not use ${hash[1]} in dev mode to prevent memory leak`)
     }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 1ed01153fb..d1d6e4cc26 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ importers:
       eslint-plugin-perfectionist:
         specifier: 2.10.0
         version: 2.10.0(eslint@9.2.0)(typescript@5.4.5)(vue-eslint-parser@9.4.2(eslint@9.2.0))
+      eslint-plugin-regexp:
+        specifier: ^2.5.0
+        version: 2.5.0(eslint@9.2.0)
       eslint-typegen:
         specifier: 0.2.4
         version: 0.2.4(eslint@9.2.0)
@@ -3962,6 +3965,12 @@ packages:
       vue-eslint-parser:
         optional: true
 
+  eslint-plugin-regexp@2.5.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-I7vKcP0o75WS5SHiVNXN+Eshq49sbrweMQIuqSL3AId9AwDe9Dhbfug65vw64LxmOd4v+yf5l5Xt41y9puiq0g==}
+    engines: {node: ^18 || >=20}
+    peerDependencies:
+      eslint: '>=8.44.0'
+
   eslint-plugin-unicorn@52.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-1Yzm7/m+0R4djH0tjDjfVei/ju2w3AzUGjG6q8JnuNIL5xIwsflyCooW5sfBvQp2pMYQFSWWCFONsjCax1EHng==}
     engines: {node: '>=16'}
@@ -6147,9 +6156,17 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-DJnGAeenTdpMEH6uAJRK/uiyEIH9WVsUmoLwzudwGJUwZPp80PDBWPHXSAGNPwNvIXAbe7MSUB1zQFugFml66A==}
     engines: {node: '>=4'}
 
+  refa@0.12.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-J8rn6v4DBb2nnFqkqwy6/NnTYMcgLA+sLr0iIO41qpv0n+ngb7ksag2tMRl0inb1bbO/esUwzW1vbJi7K0sI0g==}
+    engines: {node: ^12.0.0 || ^14.0.0 || >=16.0.0}
+
   regenerator-runtime@0.14.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-dYnhHh0nJoMfnkZs6GmmhFknAGRrLznOu5nc9ML+EJxGvrx6H7teuevqVqCuPcPK//3eDrrjQhehXVx9cnkGdw==}
 
+  regexp-ast-analysis@0.7.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-sZuz1dYW/ZsfG17WSAG7eS85r5a0dDsvg+7BiiYR5o6lKCAtUrEwdmRmaGF6rwVj3LcmAeYkOWKEPlbPzN3Y3A==}
+    engines: {node: ^12.0.0 || ^14.0.0 || >=16.0.0}
+
   regexp-tree@0.1.27:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-iETxpjK6YoRWJG5o6hXLwvjYAoW+FEZn9os0PD/b6AP6xQwsa/Y7lCVgIixBbUPMfhu+i2LtdeAqVTgGlQarfA==}
     hasBin: true
@@ -6306,6 +6323,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-L0jRsrPpjdckP3oPug3/VxNKt2trR8TcabrM6FOAAlvC/9Phcmm+cuAgTlxBqdBR1WJx7Naj9WHw+aOmheSVbw==}
     engines: {node: '>= 12.13.0'}
 
+  scslre@0.3.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-3A6sD0WYP7+QrjbfNA2FN3FsOaGGFoekCVgTyypy53gPxhbkCIjtO6YWgdrfM+n/8sI8JeXZOIxsHjMTNxQ4nQ==}
+    engines: {node: ^14.0.0 || >=16.0.0}
+
   scule@1.3.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6FtHJEvt+pVMIB9IBY+IcCJ6Z5f1iQnytgyfKMhDKgmzYG+TeH/wx1y3l27rshSbLiSanrR9ffZDrEsmjlQF2g==}
 
@@ -10806,6 +10827,17 @@ snapshots:
       - supports-color
       - typescript
 
+  eslint-plugin-regexp@2.5.0(eslint@9.2.0):
+    dependencies:
+      '@eslint-community/eslint-utils': 4.4.0(eslint@9.2.0)
+      '@eslint-community/regexpp': 4.10.0
+      comment-parser: 1.4.1
+      eslint: 9.2.0
+      jsdoc-type-pratt-parser: 4.0.0
+      refa: 0.12.1
+      regexp-ast-analysis: 0.7.1
+      scslre: 0.3.0
+
   eslint-plugin-unicorn@52.0.0(eslint@9.2.0):
     dependencies:
       '@babel/helper-validator-identifier': 7.24.5
@@ -13437,8 +13469,17 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       redis-errors: 1.2.0
 
+  refa@0.12.1:
+    dependencies:
+      '@eslint-community/regexpp': 4.10.0
+
   regenerator-runtime@0.14.1: {}
 
+  regexp-ast-analysis@0.7.1:
+    dependencies:
+      '@eslint-community/regexpp': 4.10.0
+      refa: 0.12.1
+
   regexp-tree@0.1.27: {}
 
   regexp.prototype.flags@1.5.1:
@@ -13666,6 +13707,12 @@ snapshots:
       ajv-formats: 2.1.1(ajv@8.12.0)
       ajv-keywords: 5.1.0(ajv@8.12.0)
 
+  scslre@0.3.0:
+    dependencies:
+      '@eslint-community/regexpp': 4.10.0
+      refa: 0.12.1
+      regexp-ast-analysis: 0.7.1
+
   scule@1.3.0: {}
 
   semver@5.7.2: {}
diff --git a/scripts/update-changelog.ts b/scripts/update-changelog.ts
index 39f15adfeb..65ccb9a2f1 100644
--- a/scripts/update-changelog.ts
+++ b/scripts/update-changelog.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function main () {
     currentPR?.body.replace(/## 👉 Changelog[\s\S]*$/, '') || `> ${newVersion} is the next ${bumpType} release.\n>\n> **Timetable**: to be announced.`,
     '## 👉 Changelog',
     changelog
-      .replace(/^## v.*?\n/, '')
+      .replace(/^## v.*\n/, '')
       .replace(`...${releaseBranch}`, `...v${newVersion}`)
       .replace(/### ❤️ Contributors[\s\S]*$/, ''),
     '### ❤️ Contributors',
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index c2a1e887a1..094536d8c1 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ describe('nuxt composables', () => {
     const { id1, id2 } = html.match(/<div[^>]* data-prehydrate-id=":(?<id1>[^:]+)::(?<id2>[^:]+):"> onPrehydrate testing <\/div>/)?.groups || {}
     expect(id1).toBeTruthy()
     const matches = [
-      html.match(/<script[^>]*>\(\(\)=>{console.log\(window\)}\)\(\)<\/script>/),
+      html.match(/<script[^>]*>\(\(\)=>\{console.log\(window\)\}\)\(\)<\/script>/),
       html.match(new RegExp(`<script[^>]*>document.querySelectorAll\\('\\[data-prehydrate-id\\*=":${id1}:"]'\\).forEach\\(o=>{console.log\\(o.outerHTML\\)}\\)</script>`)),
       html.match(new RegExp(`<script[^>]*>document.querySelectorAll\\('\\[data-prehydrate-id\\*=":${id2}:"]'\\).forEach\\(o=>{console.log\\("other",o.outerHTML\\)}\\)</script>`)),
     ]
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ describe('public directories', () => {
 describe.skipIf(isDev())('dynamic paths', () => {
   it('should work with no overrides', async () => {
     const html: string = await $fetch('/assets')
-    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*?)\)/g)) {
+    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*)\)/g)) {
       const url = match[2] || match[3]
       expect(url.startsWith('/_nuxt/') || url === '/public.svg').toBeTruthy()
     }
@@ -1920,11 +1920,11 @@ describe.skipIf(isDev())('dynamic paths', () => {
   // webpack injects CSS differently
   it.skipIf(isWebpack)('adds relative paths to CSS', async () => {
     const html: string = await $fetch('/assets')
-    const urls = Array.from(html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*?)\)/g)).map(m => m[2] || m[3])
+    const urls = Array.from(html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*)\)/g)).map(m => m[2] || m[3])
     const cssURL = urls.find(u => /_nuxt\/assets.*\.css$/.test(u))
     expect(cssURL).toBeDefined()
     const css: string = await $fetch(cssURL!)
-    const imageUrls = Array.from(css.matchAll(/url\(([^)]*)\)/g)).map(m => m[1].replace(/[-.][\w]{8}\./g, '.'))
+    const imageUrls = Array.from(css.matchAll(/url\(([^)]*)\)/g)).map(m => m[1].replace(/[-.]\w{8}\./g, '.'))
     expect(imageUrls).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         [
           "./logo.svg",
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isDev())('dynamic paths', () => {
     })
 
     const html = await $fetch('/foo/assets')
-    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*?)\)/g)) {
+    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*)\)/g)) {
       const url = match[2] || match[3]
       expect(
         url.startsWith('/foo/_other/') ||
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isDev())('dynamic paths', () => {
     })
 
     const html = await $fetch('/assets')
-    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*?)\)/g)) {
+    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*)\)/g)) {
       const url = match[2] || match[3]
       expect(
         url.startsWith('./_nuxt/') ||
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isDev())('dynamic paths', () => {
     })
 
     const html = await $fetch('/foo/assets')
-    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*?)\)/g)) {
+    for (const match of html.matchAll(/(href|src)="(.*?)"|url\(([^)]*)\)/g)) {
       const url = match[2] || match[3]
       expect(
         url.startsWith('https://example.com/_cdn/') ||
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ describe('component islands', () => {
       const fixtureDir = normalize(fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/basic', import.meta.url)))
       for (const link of result.head.link) {
         link.href = link.href.replace(fixtureDir, '/<rootDir>').replaceAll('//', '/')
-        link.key = link.key.replace(/-[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/, '')
+        link.key = link.key.replace(/-[a-z0-9]+$/i, '')
       }
       result.head.link.sort((a, b) => b.href.localeCompare(a.href))
     }
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ function normaliseIslandResult (result: NuxtIslandResponse) {
       style: result.head.style.map(s => ({
         ...s,
         innerHTML: (s.innerHTML || '').replace(/data-v-[a-z0-9]+/, 'data-v-xxxxx').replace(/\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.svg/, '.svg'),
-        key: s.key.replace(/-[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/, ''),
+        key: s.key.replace(/-[a-z0-9]+$/i, ''),
       })),
     },
   }
diff --git a/test/utils.ts b/test/utils.ts
index d361832af1..3ddbc487b4 100644
--- a/test/utils.ts
+++ b/test/utils.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function parseData (html: string) {
   }
   const { script, attrs } = html.match(/<script type="application\/json" id="__NUXT_DATA__"(?<attrs>[^>]+)>(?<script>.*?)<\/script>/)?.groups || {}
   const _attrs: Record<string, string> = {}
-  for (const attr of attrs.matchAll(/( |^)(?<key>[\w-]+)+="(?<value>[^"]+)"/g)) {
+  for (const attr of attrs.matchAll(/( |^)(?<key>[\w-]+)="(?<value>[^"]+)"/g)) {
     _attrs[attr!.groups!.key] = attr!.groups!.value
   }
   return {