diff --git a/tools/repo/fresh-repo.sh b/tools/repo/fresh-repo.sh
index 066e40cd..22ad54be 100755
--- a/tools/repo/fresh-repo.sh
+++ b/tools/repo/fresh-repo.sh
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ fi
 while IFS= read -r first; do
   [ -n "$first" ] || continue
   printf 'regex:\\b%s%ss\\b==>the project lead%ss\n' "$first" "'" "'" >> "$REPLACE"
-  while IFS= read -r last; do [ -n "$last" ] && printf 'regex:\\b%s\\s+%s\\b==>the project lead\n' "$first" "$last" >> "$REPLACE"; done <<< "$LAST_NAMES"
+  while IFS= read -r last; do [ -n "$last" ] && printf 'regex:(?i)\\b%s\\s+%s\\b==>the project lead\n' "$first" "$last" >> "$REPLACE"; done <<< "$LAST_NAMES"
   printf 'regex:\\b%s\\b==>the project lead\n' "$first" >> "$REPLACE"
 done <<< "$FIRST_NAMES"
 while IFS= read -r last; do
   [ -n "$last" ] || continue
-  printf 'regex:\\b%s\\b==>[removed]\n' "$last" >> "$REPLACE"
+  printf 'regex:(?i)\\b%s\\b==>[removed]\n' "$last" >> "$REPLACE"
   printf '\\b%s\\b\n' "$last" >> "$IDENT"
 done <<< "$LAST_NAMES"
 while IFS= read -r first; do