diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go b/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go
index ec196df16f..fa846452b5 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/metadata"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/internal/lazyregexp"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var pluginNameRe = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-z][a-z0-9]*$")
+var pluginNameRe = lazyregexp.New("^[a-z][a-z0-9]*$")
 
 // Plugin represents a potential plugin with all it's metadata.
 type Plugin struct {
diff --git a/internal/lazyregexp/lazyregexp.go b/internal/lazyregexp/lazyregexp.go
index c616a0a05b..62e29c55d0 100644
--- a/internal/lazyregexp/lazyregexp.go
+++ b/internal/lazyregexp/lazyregexp.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (r *Regexp) ReplaceAllLiteralString(src, repl string) string {
 	return r.re().ReplaceAllLiteralString(src, repl)
 }
 
+func (r *Regexp) String() string {
+	return r.re().String()
+}
+
 func (r *Regexp) SubexpNames() []string {
 	return r.re().SubexpNames()
 }