diff --git a/conan.cmake b/conan.cmake
index 789f47e4..b97afa69 100644
--- a/conan.cmake
+++ b/conan.cmake
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ macro(conan_check)
     message(STATUS "Conan: Version found ${CONAN_VERSION_OUTPUT}")
 
     if(DEFINED CONAN_VERSION)
-        string(REGEX MATCH ".*Conan version ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)" FOO
+        string(REGEX MATCH ".*Conan version ([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)" FOO
             "${CONAN_VERSION_OUTPUT}")
         if(${CMAKE_MATCH_1} VERSION_LESS ${CONAN_VERSION})
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan outdated. Installed: ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}, \