diff --git a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
index 53b539703330..d25a1a4564dd 100755
--- a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
+++ b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ def get_regexs():
     # company holder names can be anything
     regexs["date"] = re.compile(get_dates())
     # strip // +build \n\n build constraints
-    regexs["go_build_constraints"] = re.compile(r"^(// \+build.*\n)+\n", re.MULTILINE)
+    regexs["go_build_constraints"] = re.compile(
+        r"^(//(go:build| \+build).*\n)+\n", re.MULTILINE)
     # strip #!.* from shell scripts
     regexs["shebang"] = re.compile(r"^(#!.*\n)\n*", re.MULTILINE)
     # Search for generated files