diff --git a/match.go b/match.go
index 4c34638..69fcd05 100644
--- a/match.go
+++ b/match.go
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ func buildPatternRegex(pattern string) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 				case '?':
 					// Single-character wildcard
 					re.WriteString(`[^` + sep + `]`)
+				case '[', ']':
+					// Escape square brackets to treat them as literal characters
+					re.WriteString(`\` + string(ch))
 				default:
 					// Regular character
 					re.WriteString(regexp.QuoteMeta(string(ch)))
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 60a7ac6..7e2ebff 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func isAlphanumeric(ch rune) bool {
 // isPatternChar matches characters that are allowed in patterns
 func isPatternChar(ch rune) bool {
 	switch ch {
-	case '*', '?', '.', '/', '@', '_', '+', '-', '\\', '(', ')', '|', '{', '}':
+	case '*', '?', '.', '/', '@', '_', '+', '-', '\\', '(', ')', '|', '{', '}', '[', ']':
 		return true
 	}
 	return isAlphanumeric(ch)
diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index 24ec8c8..25bbb46 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -280,11 +280,6 @@ func TestParseRule(t *testing.T) {
 			rule: "",
 			err:  "unexpected end of rule",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "patterns with brackets",
-			rule: "file.[cC] @user",
-			err:  "unexpected character '[' at position 6",
-		},
 		{
 			name: "malformed owners",
 			rule: "file.txt missing-at-sign",
diff --git a/testdata/patterns.json b/testdata/patterns.json
index fcf4bac..33e563b 100644
--- a/testdata/patterns.json
+++ b/testdata/patterns.json
@@ -305,5 +305,15 @@
          "foo/qux/bar/baz": true,
          "foo/qux/bar/qux": false
       }
+   },
+   {
+      "name": "pattern with square brackets",
+      "pattern": "/apps/[param]/file.ts",
+      "paths": {
+         "apps/[param]/file.ts": true,
+         "apps/other/file.ts": false,
+         "apps/[other]/file.ts": false,
+         "apps/param/file.ts": false
+      }
    }
 ]
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