diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/npm_registry.py b/meta/lib/oe/npm_registry.py
index db581e280e..d97ced7cda 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/npm_registry.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/npm_registry.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import subprocess
 _ALWAYS_SAFE = frozenset('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
                          'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
                          '0123456789'
-                         '_.-~')
+                         '_.-~()')
 
 MISSING_OK = object()