diff --git a/bin/git-authors b/bin/git-authors
index 549235a..121e629 100755
--- a/bin/git-authors
+++ b/bin/git-authors
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ done
 if ! $LIST; then
   FILE=$1
   if [ -z "$FILE" ]; then
-    FILE=$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -iregex '.*\(authors\|contributors\).*' | head -n1)
+    FILE=$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \( -iname '*authors*' -o -iname '*contributors*' \) | head -n1)
     if [ -z "$FILE" ]; then
       FILE='AUTHORS'
     fi
diff --git a/bin/git-changelog b/bin/git-changelog
index 9864616..ad5c2bb 100755
--- a/bin/git-changelog
+++ b/bin/git-changelog
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ main() {
   fi
 
   if [[ -z "$changelog" ]]; then
-    changelog="$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -iregex '.*\(change\|history\).*' | head -n1)"
+    changelog="$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \( -iname '*change*' -o -iname '*history*' \) | head -n1)"
     if [[ -z "$changelog" ]]; then
       changelog="History.md";
     fi