diff --git a/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools.py b/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools.py
index 694f001..c7f128f 100644
--- a/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools.py
+++ b/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def _build_multiple_targets(
 
 
 # Expansions (`...`, `*`) are not allowed.
-_NAME_RE = '[^:/.*]+'
+_NAME_RE = r'(?:[^.*:/]|\.(?!\.\.))+'
 _LABEL_LEXER = re.compile(
     f'^//(?P<packages>{_NAME_RE}(/{_NAME_RE})*)?(?P<target>:{_NAME_RE})?$')
 _LexedLabel = Tuple[List[str], str]
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ def _lex_label(label: str) -> _LexedLabel:
   groups = match.groupdict()
   packages: Optional[str] = groups['packages']
   target: Optional[str] = groups['target']
-  if packages is None and target is None:
+  if not packages and not target:
     raise ValueError(f'{label} cannot be empty')
+  if target == ':all':
+    raise ValueError('`:all` is not a valid target')
   init = packages.split('/') if packages else []
   last = target[1:] if target else init[-1]
   return init, last
diff --git a/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools_test.py b/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools_test.py
index 8fdb127..cdf2ad4 100644
--- a/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools_test.py
+++ b/xmanager/xm_local/packaging/bazel_tools_test.py
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ def test_label_kind_lines_to_dict(self):
         },
     )
 
+  def test_absolute_label_with_extension_dot(self):
+    self.assertEqual(
+        bazel_tools._lex_label('//project/directory:image.tar'),
+        (['project', 'directory'], 'image.tar'))
+
+  def test_label_with_three_dots(self):
+    with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'is not an absolute Bazel label'):
+      bazel_tools._lex_label('//project/directory/...')
+
+  def test_label_with_star_target(self):
+    with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'is not an absolute Bazel label'):
+      bazel_tools._lex_label('//project/directory:*')
+
+  def test_label_with_all_target(self):
+    with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, '`:all` is not a valid target'):
+      bazel_tools._lex_label('//project/directory:all')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()