diff --git a/src/Analysis/Problem/Forge/ModDependencyProblem.php b/src/Analysis/Problem/Forge/ModDependencyProblem.php
index c5ab4d8..dbca183 100644
--- a/src/Analysis/Problem/Forge/ModDependencyProblem.php
+++ b/src/Analysis/Problem/Forge/ModDependencyProblem.php
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public static function getPatterns(): array
             'requires-mods' => '/The mod \S+ \(([^\)]+)\) requires mods \[([^\]]+)\] to be available/',
             'missing-mods-exception' => '/net\.minecraftforge\.fml\.common\.MissingModsException: Mod \S+ \((.+)\) requires (.+)/',
             'mod-loading-exception' => '/net\.minecraftforge\.fml\.ModLoadingException: Mod §.([^§]+)§. requires §.([^§]+)§. §.([^ §]+)[^§]*§./',
-            'loading-failed-exception' => '/net\.minecraftforge\.fml\.LoadingFailedException: Loading errors encountered: \[\n(?:.*\n)*Mod §.([^§]+)§. requires §.([^§]+)§. §.([^ §]+)[^§]*§./'
+            // whole lines are skipped possessively, so a long stack trace doesn't exhaust the backtrack limit
+            'loading-failed-exception' => '/net\.minecraftforge\.fml\.LoadingFailedException: Loading errors encountered: \[\n(?:.*+\n)*Mod §.([^§]+)§. requires §.([^§]+)§. §.([^ §]+)[^§]*§./'
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/test/tests/Performance/PatternSafetyTest.php b/test/tests/Performance/PatternSafetyTest.php
index 8832e35..7683648 100644
--- a/test/tests/Performance/PatternSafetyTest.php
+++ b/test/tests/Performance/PatternSafetyTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 use Aternos\Codex\Analysis\PatternInsightInterface;
 use Aternos\Codex\Minecraft\Analysis\Problem\Bukkit\ChunkLoadExceptionProblem;
 use Aternos\Codex\Minecraft\Analysis\Problem\Forge\ClientOnlyModProblem;
-use Aternos\Codex\Minecraft\Analysis\Problem\Forge\ModDependencyProblem;
 use Aternos\Codex\Minecraft\Analysis\Problem\Forge\ModFatalProblem;
 use Aternos\Codex\Minecraft\Analysis\Problem\Paper\ServerJarInPluginFolderProblem;
 use Aternos\Codex\Minecraft\Test\Logs\TestLog;
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ class PatternSafetyTest extends TestCase
     protected const array KNOWN_UNSAFE_PATTERNS = [
         ChunkLoadExceptionProblem::class => [0, 1, 2],
         ClientOnlyModProblem::class => [0],
-        ModDependencyProblem::class => ["loading-failed-exception"],
         ModFatalProblem::class => ["failed-to-load"],
         ServerJarInPluginFolderProblem::class => [0],
     ];