diff --git a/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate.rb b/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate.rb
index b44f134f2c1e523706827eea3d5d7e85105ece2b..74cbcc112558888cf7fcdd2232b1893a8723c8c2 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Gitlab
       def has_capability?(project, category, kind, labels)
         case category
         when :test
-          area = role[/Test Automation Engineer, (\w+)/, 1]
+          area = role[/Test Automation Engineer(?:.*?, (\w+))/, 1]
 
           area && labels.any?(area) if kind == :reviewer
         else
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate_spec.rb
index 6a6cf1429c844d1cdd4c3e6a876e976def8d4d2e..171f2344e82a99626efb0f7be4f2d5bf8f63705f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/danger/teammate_spec.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ describe Gitlab::Danger::Teammate do
         it '#maintainer? returns false' do
           expect(subject.maintainer?(project, :test, labels)).to be_falsey
         end
+
+        context 'when hyperlink is mangled in the role' do
+          let(:role) { '<a href="#">Test Automation Engineer</a>, Create' }
+
+          it '#reviewer? returns true' do
+            expect(subject.reviewer?(project, :test, labels)).to be_truthy
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       context 'when role is Test Automation Engineer, Manage' do