diff --git a/libmscore/lyrics.cpp b/libmscore/lyrics.cpp
index 7cff1b2bb8f9..c8435faa974b 100644
--- a/libmscore/lyrics.cpp
+++ b/libmscore/lyrics.cpp
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ void Lyrics::layout1()
       // 2) at least one other character (indicating start of actual lyric)
       // 3) string of non-word characters at end of syllable
       //QRegularExpression leadingPattern("(^[\\d\\W]+)([^\\d\\W]+)");
-      QRegularExpression punctuationPattern("(^[\\d\\W]*)([^\\d\\W].*?)([\\d\\W]*$)");
+      QRegularExpression punctuationPattern("(^[\\d\\W]*)([^\\d\\W].*?)([\\d\\W]*$)", QRegularExpression::UseUnicodePropertiesOption);
       QRegularExpressionMatch punctuationMatch = punctuationPattern.match(s);
       if (punctuationMatch.hasMatch()) {
             // leading and trailing punctuation
diff --git a/vtest/lyrics-3-ref.png b/vtest/lyrics-3-ref.png
index 43ff6b741295..37627a1d6ad8 100644
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diff --git a/vtest/lyrics-3.mscz b/vtest/lyrics-3.mscz
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