diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98470169..12279cbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 - Bump GraalVM to `24`
 - Bump SCI to `0.9.45`
 - Bump edamame to `1.4.28`
+- [#1801](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1801): Add `java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException`
 - Bump core.async to `1.8.735`
 
 ## 1.12.197 (2024-02-28)
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 5124b4e3..6b081ee1 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@
           java.util.Random
           java.util.regex.Matcher
           java.util.regex.Pattern
+          java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
           java.util.ArrayDeque
           java.util.ArrayList
           java.util.Collections