diff --git a/src/exp.h b/src/exp.h
index 442a4a1..10eb27a 100644
--- a/src/exp.h
+++ b/src/exp.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #endif
 
-#include "regex.h"
+#include "regex_yaml.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <ios>
 #include "stream.h"
diff --git a/src/regex.cpp b/src/regex_yaml.cpp
similarity index 97%
rename from src/regex.cpp
rename to src/regex_yaml.cpp
index 171520a..2f17ef1 100644
--- a/src/regex.cpp
+++ b/src/regex_yaml.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "regex.h"
+#include "regex_yaml.h"
 
 namespace YAML {
 // constructors
diff --git a/src/regex.h b/src/regex_yaml.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/regex.h
rename to src/regex_yaml.h
diff --git a/src/scanscalar.h b/src/scanscalar.h
index d291110..315476d 100644
--- a/src/scanscalar.h
+++ b/src/scanscalar.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <string>
-#include "regex.h"
+#include "regex_yaml.h"
 #include "stream.h"
 
 namespace YAML {
diff --git a/src/scantag.cpp b/src/scantag.cpp
index 01e6549..471ac19 100644
--- a/src/scantag.cpp
+++ b/src/scantag.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "scanner.h"
-#include "regex.h"
+#include "regex_yaml.h"
 #include "exp.h"
 #include "yaml-cpp/exceptions.h"