diff --git a/ql/src/codeql_ruby/regexp/RegExpTreeView.qll b/ql/src/codeql_ruby/regexp/RegExpTreeView.qll
index b28fab47ed4..86003a9a888 100644
--- a/ql/src/codeql_ruby/regexp/RegExpTreeView.qll
+++ b/ql/src/codeql_ruby/regexp/RegExpTreeView.qll
@@ -399,12 +399,7 @@ class RegExpEscape extends RegExpNormalChar {
  * ```
  */
 class RegExpCharacterClassEscape extends RegExpEscape {
-  // string value;
-  RegExpCharacterClassEscape() {
-    // value = re.getText().substring(start + 1, end) and
-    // value in ["d", "D", "s", "S", "w", "W"]
-    this.getValue() in ["d", "D", "s", "S", "w", "W"]
-  }
+  RegExpCharacterClassEscape() { this.getValue() in ["d", "D", "s", "S", "w", "W", "h", "H"] }
 
   /** Gets the name of the character class; for example, `w` for `\w`. */
   // override string getValue() { result = value }
diff --git a/ql/test/library-tests/regexp/parse.expected b/ql/test/library-tests/regexp/parse.expected
index 4485a0f0f45..97ca1d182f1 100644
--- a/ql/test/library-tests/regexp/parse.expected
+++ b/ql/test/library-tests/regexp/parse.expected
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ regexp.rb:
 
 #   33| [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \d
 
-#   34| [RegExpConstant, RegExpEscape] \h
+#   34| [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \h
 
 #   37| [RegExpConstant, RegExpNormalChar] f
 
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ regexp.rb:
 #-----| 1 -> [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \D
 
 #   34| [RegExpSequence] \h\H
-#-----| 0 -> [RegExpConstant, RegExpEscape] \h
-#-----| 1 -> [RegExpConstant, RegExpEscape] \H
+#-----| 0 -> [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \h
+#-----| 1 -> [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \H
 
 #   37| [RegExpSequence] (foo)*bar
 #-----| 0 -> [RegExpStar] (foo)*
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ regexp.rb:
 
 #   33| [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \D
 
-#   34| [RegExpConstant, RegExpEscape] \H
+#   34| [RegExpCharacterClassEscape] \H
 
 #   37| [RegExpConstant, RegExpNormalChar] o