diff --git a/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/oval/shared.xml b/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/oval/shared.xml
index d80e8f42a16..0509ce1c4d7 100644
--- a/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/oval/shared.xml
+++ b/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/oval/shared.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   </ind:textfilecontent54_test>
   <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="object_audit_rules_sudoers_d_augenrules" version="1">
     <ind:filepath operation="pattern match">^/etc/audit/rules\.d/.*\.rules$</ind:filepath>
-    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match">^\-w[\s]+/etc/sudoers\.d/[\s]+\-p[\s]+\b([rx]*w[rx]*a[rx]*|[rx]*a[rx]*w[rx]*)\b.*$</ind:pattern>
+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match">^\-w[\s]+/etc/sudoers\.d/?[\s]+\-p[\s]+\b([rx]*w[rx]*a[rx]*|[rx]*a[rx]*w[rx]*)\b.*$</ind:pattern>
     <ind:instance datatype="int">1</ind:instance>
   </ind:textfilecontent54_object>
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   </ind:textfilecontent54_test>
   <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="object_audit_rules_sudoers_d_auditctl" version="1">
     <ind:filepath>/etc/audit/audit.rules</ind:filepath>
-    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match">^\-w[\s]+/etc/sudoers\.d/[\s]+\-p[\s]+\b([rx]*w[rx]*a[rx]*|[rx]*a[rx]*w[rx]*)\b.*$</ind:pattern>
+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match">^\-w[\s]+/etc/sudoers\.d/?[\s]+\-p[\s]+\b([rx]*w[rx]*a[rx]*|[rx]*a[rx]*w[rx]*)\b.*$</ind:pattern>
     <ind:instance datatype="int">1</ind:instance>
   </ind:textfilecontent54_object>
 
diff --git a/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/tests/missing_slash.fail.sh b/linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/tests/missing_slash.pass.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/tests/missing_slash.fail.sh
rename to linux_os/guide/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_sudoers_d/tests/missing_slash.pass.sh