diff --git a/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml
index c38b472e..9a014439 100644
--- a/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ci:
         - pdm.dev.lock
         - pdm.lock
       prefix: venv-${PYTHON_VERSION}
-  coverage: /TOTAL.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%\|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
+  coverage: /TOTAL.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
   image: ${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/dev:py${PYTHON_VERSION}
   interruptible: true
   parallel:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b454ba00..822f6ab2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ lock:
 
 # Install standalone tools
 prerequisites:
-	pipx install --force check-jsonschema==0.30.0
+	pipx install --force check-jsonschema==0.31.0
 	pipx install --force codespell[toml]==2.4.1
 	pipx install --force pdm==2.22.3
 	pipx install --force pre-commit==4.0.1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ codespell:
 # Check jsonschema with check-jsonschema.
 check-jsonschema:
 	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.github-workflows .github/workflows/*.yml
-	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.gitlab-ci --data-transform gitlab-ci .gitlab-ci.yml .gitlab/workflows/*.yml
+	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.gitlab-ci --data-transform gitlab-ci --regex-variant nonunicode .gitlab-ci.yml .gitlab/workflows/*.yml
 	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.readthedocs .readthedocs.yaml
 	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.renovate .renovaterc.json
 
diff --git a/template/Makefile.jinja b/template/Makefile.jinja
index 2b3b4560..bea40c17 100644
--- a/template/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/template/Makefile.jinja
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ lock:
 
 # Install standalone tools
 prerequisites:
-	pipx install --force check-jsonschema==0.30.0
+	pipx install --force check-jsonschema==0.31.0
 	pipx install --force codespell[toml]==2.4.1
 	pipx install --force pdm==2.22.3
 	pipx install --force pre-commit==4.0.1
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ check-jsonschema:
 	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.github-workflows .github/workflows/*.yml
 [% endif %]
 [% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' or project_name == "Serious Scaffold Python" %]
-	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.gitlab-ci --data-transform gitlab-ci .gitlab-ci.yml .gitlab/workflows/*.yml
+	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.gitlab-ci --data-transform gitlab-ci --regex-variant nonunicode .gitlab-ci.yml .gitlab/workflows/*.yml
 [% endif %]
 	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.readthedocs .readthedocs.yaml
 	check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.renovate .renovaterc.json
diff --git a/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja b/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja
index 58e14fcf..3a5b5c05 100644
--- a/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja	
+++ b/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja	
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ci:
         - pdm.dev.lock
         - pdm.lock
       prefix: venv-${PYTHON_VERSION}
-  coverage: /TOTAL.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%\|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
+  coverage: /TOTAL.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
   image: ${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/dev:py${PYTHON_VERSION}
   interruptible: true
   parallel: