diff --git a/lib/eslint-angular/src/rules/no-angular-material-selectors/no-angular-material-selectors.ts b/lib/eslint-angular/src/rules/no-angular-material-selectors/no-angular-material-selectors.ts
index d54341d282..1fb3cbf4aa 100644
--- a/lib/eslint-angular/src/rules/no-angular-material-selectors/no-angular-material-selectors.ts
+++ b/lib/eslint-angular/src/rules/no-angular-material-selectors/no-angular-material-selectors.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import type { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 export const RULE_NAME = 'no-angular-material-selectors';
 
 const ASTSelectors = [
-    ':not(Property[key=template]) > Literal[value=/(mat|mdc)-(?!datetimepicker)/i]',
-    ':not(Property[key.name="template"]) TemplateLiteral[quasis.value.raw=/(mat|mdc)-(?!datetimepicker)/i]'
+    ':not(Property[key=template]) > Literal[value=/(\\.|\\s|^)(mat-(?!datetimepicker)|mdc-)/i]',
+    ':not(Property[key.name="template"]) TemplateLiteral[quasis.value.raw=/(\\.|\\s|^)(mat-(?!datetimepicker)|mdc-)/i]'
 ];
 
 const messages = {