diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitLabDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitLabDriver.php
index 13ecd755d..2397b78d3 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitLabDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitLabDriver.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class GitLabDriver extends VcsDriver
      */
     private $hasNonstandardOrigin = false;
 
-    private const URL_REGEX = '#^(?:(?P<scheme>https?)://(?P<domain>.+?)(?::(?P<port>[0-9]+))?/|git@(?P<domain2>[^:]+):)(?P<parts>.+)/(?P<repo>[^/]+?)(?:\.git|/)?$#';
+    public const URL_REGEX = '#^(?:(?P<scheme>https?)://(?P<domain>.+?)(?::(?P<port>[0-9]+))?/|git@(?P<domain2>[^:]+):)(?P<parts>.+)/(?P<repo>[^/]+?)(?:\.git|/)?$#';
 
     /**
      * Extracts information from the repository url.