diff --git a/tests/test_validate_targets.py b/tests/test_validate_targets.py
index 8f2874ac..4eb7ea16 100644
--- a/tests/test_validate_targets.py
+++ b/tests/test_validate_targets.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+import re
 import rstr
 
 from sherlock_project.sherlock import sherlock
@@ -7,8 +8,23 @@ from sherlock_project.result import QueryResult, QueryStatus
 
 
 FALSE_POSITIVE_ATTEMPTS: int = 2    # Since the usernames are randomly generated, it's POSSIBLE that a real username can be hit
+FALSE_POSITIVE_QUANTIFIER_UPPER_BOUND: int = 15  # If a pattern uses quantifiers such as `+` `*` or `{n,}`, limit the upper bound (0 to disable)
+FALSE_POSITIVE_DEFAULT_PATTERN: str = r'^[a-zA-Z0-9]{7,20}$'  # Used in absence of a regexCheck entry
 
 
+def set_pattern_upper_bound(pattern: str, upper_bound: int = FALSE_POSITIVE_QUANTIFIER_UPPER_BOUND) -> str:
+    """Set upper bound for regex patterns that use quantifiers such as `+` `*` or `{n,}`."""
+    def replace_upper_bound(match: re.Match) -> str: # type: ignore
+        lower_bound: int = int(match.group(1)) if match.group(1) else 0 # type: ignore
+        upper_bound = upper_bound if lower_bound < upper_bound else lower_bound # type: ignore  # noqa: F823
+        return f'{{{lower_bound},{upper_bound}}}'
+
+    pattern = re.sub(r'(?<!\\)\{(\d+),\}', replace_upper_bound, pattern) # {n,} # type: ignore
+    pattern = re.sub(r'(?<!\\)\+', f'{{1,{upper_bound}}}', pattern) # +
+    pattern = re.sub(r'(?<!\\)\*', f'{{0,{upper_bound}}}', pattern) # *
+
+    return pattern
+
 def false_positive_check(sites_info: dict[str, dict[str, str]], site: str, pattern: str) -> QueryStatus:
     """Check if a site is likely to produce false positives."""
     status: QueryStatus = QueryStatus.UNKNOWN
@@ -66,7 +82,11 @@ class Test_All_Targets:
             try:
                 pattern = chunked_sites[site]['regexCheck']
             except KeyError:
-                pattern = r'^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{7,20}$'
+                pattern = FALSE_POSITIVE_DEFAULT_PATTERN
+
+            if FALSE_POSITIVE_QUANTIFIER_UPPER_BOUND > 0:
+                pattern = set_pattern_upper_bound(pattern)
+
             result: QueryStatus = false_positive_check(chunked_sites, site, pattern)
             assert result is QueryStatus.AVAILABLE, f"{site} produced false positive with pattern {pattern}, result was {result}"