diff --git a/match.go b/match.go
index 4c34638..69fcd05 100644
--- a/match.go
+++ b/match.go
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ func buildPatternRegex(pattern string) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 				case '?':
 					// Single-character wildcard
 					re.WriteString(`[^` + sep + `]`)
+				case '[', ']':
+					// Escape square brackets to treat them as literal characters
+					re.WriteString(`\` + string(ch))
 				default:
 					// Regular character
 					re.WriteString(regexp.QuoteMeta(string(ch)))
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 8c95a57..7969c6e 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func isAlphanumeric(ch rune) bool {
 // isPatternChar matches characters that are allowed in patterns
 func isPatternChar(ch rune) bool {
 	switch ch {
-	case '*', '?', '.', '/', '@', '_', '+', '-', ':', '\\', '(', ')', '|', '{', '}', '~':
+	case '*', '?', '.', '/', '@', '_', '+', '-', ':', '\\', '(', ')', '|', '{', '}', '[', ']', '~':
 		return true
 	}
 	return isAlphanumeric(ch)
diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index 2ea1a31..9d9d751 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -304,11 +304,6 @@ func TestParseRule(t *testing.T) {
 			rule: "",
 			err:  "unexpected end of rule",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "patterns with brackets",
-			rule: "file.[cC] @user",
-			err:  "unexpected character '[' at position 6",
-		},
 		{
 			name: "malformed owners",
 			rule: "file.txt missing-at-sign",
diff --git a/testdata/patterns.json b/testdata/patterns.json
index 13846b1..9dd2be0 100644
--- a/testdata/patterns.json
+++ b/testdata/patterns.json
@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@
          "foo/qux/bar/qux": false
       }
    },
+   {
+      "name": "pattern with square brackets",
+      "pattern": "/apps/[param]/file.ts",
+      "paths": {
+         "apps/[param]/file.ts": true,
+         "apps/other/file.ts": false,
+         "apps/[other]/file.ts": false,
+         "apps/param/file.ts": false
+      }
+   },
    {
       "name": "pattern with colon",
       "pattern": "services/foo:bar/**/*",