diff --git a/newsfragments/2727.internal.rst b/newsfragments/2727.internal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..531bac2ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/2727.internal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use regex pattern for ``black`` command for ``tox`` / ``make lint`` linting commands.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 94358f3567..a127317f95 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ basepython=python
 extras=linter
 commands=
     flake8 {toxinidir}/web3 {toxinidir}/ens {toxinidir}/ethpm {toxinidir}/tests --exclude {toxinidir}/ethpm/ethpm-spec,{toxinidir}/**/*_pb2.py
-    black {toxinidir}/ens {toxinidir}/ethpm {toxinidir}/web3 {toxinidir}/tests {toxinidir}/setup.py --exclude {toxinidir}/ethpm/ethpm-spec --extend-exclude {toxinidir}/ethpm/_utils/protobuf/ipfs_file_pb2.py --check
+    black {toxinidir}/ens {toxinidir}/ethpm {toxinidir}/web3 {toxinidir}/tests {toxinidir}/setup.py --exclude /ethpm/ethpm-spec/|/ethpm/_utils/protobuf/ipfs_file_pb2\.py --check
     isort --recursive --skip {toxinidir}/ethpm/_utils/protobuf/ipfs_file_pb2.py --skip {toxinidir}/ethpm/ethpm-spec --check-only --diff {toxinidir}/web3/ {toxinidir}/ens/ {toxinidir}/ethpm/ {toxinidir}/tests/
     mypy -p web3 -p ethpm -p ens --exclude {toxinidir}/ethpm/_utils/protobuf/ipfs_file_pb2.py --config-file {toxinidir}/mypy.ini