diff --git a/lib/framework.php b/lib/framework.php
index ebeb61b260..2339ffce20 100644
--- a/lib/framework.php
+++ b/lib/framework.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ defined('GNUSOCIAL') || die();
 define('GNUSOCIAL_ENGINE', 'GNU social');
 define('GNUSOCIAL_ENGINE_URL', 'https://www.gnu.org/software/social/');
 
-define('GNUSOCIAL_BASE_VERSION', '1.20.4');
+define('GNUSOCIAL_BASE_VERSION', '1.20.5');
 define('GNUSOCIAL_LIFECYCLE', 'release'); // 'dev', 'alpha[0-9]+', 'beta[0-9]+', 'rc[0-9]+', 'release'
 
 define('GNUSOCIAL_VERSION', GNUSOCIAL_BASE_VERSION . '-' . GNUSOCIAL_LIFECYCLE);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ define('NOTICE_INBOX_SOURCE_GATEWAY', -1);
  * Some of those characters can be troublesome when auto-linking plain text. Such as "http://some.com/)"
  * URL encoding should be used whenever a weird character is used, the following strings are not definitive.
  */
-define('URL_REGEX_VALID_PATH_CHARS',        '\pN\pL\,\!\.\:\-\_\+\/\@\=\;\%\~\*');
+define('URL_REGEX_VALID_PATH_CHARS',        '\pN\pL\,\!\.\:\-\_\+\/\@\=\;\%\~\*\(\)');
 define('URL_REGEX_VALID_QSTRING_CHARS',     URL_REGEX_VALID_PATH_CHARS    . '\&');
 define('URL_REGEX_VALID_FRAGMENT_CHARS',    URL_REGEX_VALID_QSTRING_CHARS . '\?\#');
 define('URL_REGEX_EXCLUDED_END_CHARS',      '\?\.\,\!\#\:\'');  // don't include these if they are directly after a URL