diff --git a/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb b/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb
index df2f2ce95e6..aee926877e0 100644
--- a/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tasks/gitlab/backup_rake_spec.rb
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ describe 'gitlab:app namespace rake task' do
     end
 
     it 'name has human readable time' do
-      expect(@backup_tar).to match(/\d+_\d{4}_\d{2}_\d{2}_\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-pre)?_gitlab_backup.tar$/)
+      expect(@backup_tar).to match(/\d+_\d{4}_\d{2}_\d{2}_\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-pre|-rc\d+)?_gitlab_backup.tar$/)
     end
   end
 end # gitlab:app namespace