diff --git a/modules/git_info/git_info_sub.cmake b/modules/git_info/git_info_sub.cmake
index de2a6ad..03505c9 100644
--- a/modules/git_info/git_info_sub.cmake
+++ b/modules/git_info/git_info_sub.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if(GIT_FOUND)
         )
 
     if(_git_last_commit)
-        string(REGEX MATCH "Author: +(.+) <.*@" temp "${_git_last_commit}")
+	string(REGEX MATCH "Author: +([^<]*) <" temp "${_git_last_commit}")
         set(_git_last_commit_author ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
         string(STRIP ${_git_last_commit_author} _git_last_commit_author)
         string(REGEX MATCH "Date: +(.+[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] [+-][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])" temp "${_git_last_commit}")