diff --git a/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py b/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
index 4fec637..34eef23 100644
--- a/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
+++ b/dev_tools/check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import itertools
+import re
 import sys
 from collections import Counter
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 CONFIG_FILE = ".pre-commit-config.yaml"
+REGEX_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE = re.compile(r"\\([.^$*+?{}\[\]()|/\\])")
 
 
 class Hook:
@@ -62,7 +64,29 @@ def count_excluded_files(self) -> int:
 
 
 def is_regex_pattern(exclude: str) -> bool:
-    return any(regex_key in exclude for regex_key in ["*", "$", "^"])
+    return any(_contains_unescaped_char(exclude, regex_key) for regex_key in ["*", "$", "^"])
+
+
+def _contains_unescaped_char(text: str, char: str) -> bool:
+    escaped = False
+
+    for current_char in text:
+        if escaped:
+            escaped = False
+            continue
+
+        if current_char == "\\":
+            escaped = True
+            continue
+
+        if current_char == char:
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def _unescape_literal_regex_elements(text: str) -> str:
+    return REGEX_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE.sub(r"\1", text)
 
 
 def extract_literal_exclude_paths(exclude_regex: str) -> list[str]:
@@ -76,7 +100,7 @@ def extract_literal_exclude_paths(exclude_regex: str) -> list[str]:
         .split("|")
     )
 
-    return [exclude for exclude in exclude_list if not is_regex_pattern(exclude)]
+    return [_unescape_literal_regex_elements(exclude) for exclude in exclude_list if not is_regex_pattern(exclude)]
 
 
 def _remove_verbose_regex_comments(exclude: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py b/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
index 4bcf73e..fc2f30c 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_useless_exclude_paths_hooks.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ def test_is_regex_pattern_for_regex_should_be_true(pattern: str) -> None:
     assert is_regex_pattern(pattern)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("pattern", [r"foo\$bar", r"foo\^bar", r"foo\*bar"])
+def test_is_regex_pattern_for_escaped_regex_characters_should_be_false(pattern: str) -> None:
+    assert is_regex_pattern(pattern) is False
+
+
 def test_is_regex_pattern_for_no_regex_should_be_false() -> None:
     assert is_regex_pattern("packages/thirdparty/") is False
 
@@ -58,6 +63,14 @@ def test_extract_literal_exclude_paths_for_multiple_literals_should_return_paths
     ]
 
 
+def test_extract_literal_exclude_paths_should_unescape_literal_regex_elements() -> None:
+    assert extract_literal_exclude_paths(r"(?x)^(foo\.txt|bar\/baz|foo\$bar)") == [
+        "foo.txt",
+        "bar/baz",
+        "foo$bar",
+    ]
+
+
 def test_from_hook_config_for_single_path(fs: FakeFilesystem) -> None:
     root_directory = Path("Test_directory/")
     fs.create_dir(root_directory)