diff --git a/lisp/org-ctags.el b/lisp/org-ctags.el
index e56ed9cd8..6431a2765 100644
--- a/lisp/org-ctags.el
+++ b/lisp/org-ctags.el
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 (defvar org-ctags-enabled-p t
   "Activate ctags support in org mode?")
 
-(defvar org-ctags-tag-regexp "/<<([^>]+)>>/\\1/d,definition/"
+(defvar org-ctags-tag-regexp "/<<([^<>]+)>>/\\1/d,definition/"
   "Regexp expression used by ctags external program.
 The regexp matches tag destinations in Org files.
 Format is: /REGEXP/TAGNAME/FLAGS,TAGTYPE/