diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ac6015d7..b76ca4f1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@
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-      "errorMessage": "Your commit message needs to start with fix: , feat:, or perf: followed by any commit message, e.g. fix: TT-43 any commit message"
+      "pattern": "^(fix: TT-|feat: TT-|perf: TT-|build: TT-|ci: TT-|docs: TT-|refactor: TT-|style: TT-|test: TT-|code-smell: TT-)[0-9].*",
+      "errorMessage": "Your commit message needs to start with fix: , feat:, or perf: followed by any commit message, e.g. fix: TT-43 any commit message."
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   "resolutions": {