diff --git a/src/github/validation/trigger.ts b/src/github/validation/trigger.ts
index 74b385d8d..01724e0f0 100644
--- a/src/github/validation/trigger.ts
+++ b/src/github/validation/trigger.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export function checkContainsTrigger(context: ParsedGitHubContext): boolean {
     // Check for exact match with word boundaries or punctuation
     const regex = new RegExp(
       `(^|\\s)${escapeRegExp(triggerPhrase)}([\\s.,!?;:]|$)`,
+      "i",
     );
 
     // Check in body
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export function checkContainsTrigger(context: ParsedGitHubContext): boolean {
     // Check for exact match with word boundaries or punctuation
     const regex = new RegExp(
       `(^|\\s)${escapeRegExp(triggerPhrase)}([\\s.,!?;:]|$)`,
+      "i",
     );
 
     // Check in body
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export function checkContainsTrigger(context: ParsedGitHubContext): boolean {
     // Check for exact match with word boundaries or punctuation
     const regex = new RegExp(
       `(^|\\s)${escapeRegExp(triggerPhrase)}([\\s.,!?;:]|$)`,
+      "i",
     );
     if (regex.test(reviewBody)) {
       console.log(
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ export function checkContainsTrigger(context: ParsedGitHubContext): boolean {
     // Check for exact match with word boundaries or punctuation
     const regex = new RegExp(
       `(^|\\s)${escapeRegExp(triggerPhrase)}([\\s.,!?;:]|$)`,
+      "i",
     );
     if (regex.test(commentBody)) {
       console.log(`Comment contains exact trigger phrase '${triggerPhrase}'`);
diff --git a/test/trigger-validation.test.ts b/test/trigger-validation.test.ts
index f235928b8..275164327 100644
--- a/test/trigger-validation.test.ts
+++ b/test/trigger-validation.test.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ describe("checkContainsTrigger", () => {
         { issueBody: "@claude: here's the issue", expected: true },
         { issueBody: "@claude; and another thing", expected: true },
         { issueBody: "Hey @claude, can you help?", expected: true },
+        { issueBody: "@Claude can you help?", expected: true },
+        { issueBody: "@CLAUDE fix this", expected: true },
         { issueBody: "claudette contains claude", expected: false },
         { issueBody: "email@claude.com", expected: false },
       ];