diff --git a/modules/prelude-xml.el b/modules/prelude-xml.el
index 35810ba..20b7e02 100644
--- a/modules/prelude-xml.el
+++ b/modules/prelude-xml.el
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 (push '("<\\?xml" . nxml-mode) magic-mode-alist)
 
 ;; pom files should be treated as xml files
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.pom$" . nxml-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.pom\\'" . nxml-mode))
 
 (setq nxml-child-indent 4)
 (setq nxml-attribute-indent 4)