diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d0ff70d..7beb5dc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [1.6.0-beta-3] - 2026-09-01
+## [1.6.0-beta-3] - 2026-09-02
 
 ### Fixed
 
 - OAR002 - Detect an attribute or container written with no value (`roles:`), the `~`/`Null`/`NULL` spellings of null, and anchor map-form scope defects on the scope key.
-- 
+- OAR044 - MediaTypeCheck - Made the media type regex quantifiers possessive to prevent ReDoS with no change to matching.
+
 ### Added
 
 - OAR060 - QueryParametersOptional - New `path-exclusions` rule property (default `/status`): a comma-separated list of exact, case-sensitive paths the rule must not fire on.
diff --git a/src/main/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheck.java b/src/main/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheck.java
index 39656827..b3446786 100644
--- a/src/main/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheck.java
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ public class OAR044MediaTypeCheck extends BaseCheck {
   private final ExternalRefHandler handleExternalRef = new ExternalRefHandler();
 
   private static final String RESTRICTED_NAME = "[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.!#$&^_+\\-]*";
-  private static final String OWS = "[ \\t]*";
-  private static final String TOKEN = "[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+\\-.^_`|~]+";
-  private static final String QUOTED_STRING = "\"(?:[^\"\\\\]|\\\\.)*\"";
+  private static final String OWS = "[ \\t]*+";
+  private static final String TCHARS = "[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+\\-.^_`|~]++";
+  private static final String QUOTED_STRING = "\"(?:[^\"\\\\]|\\\\.)*+\"";
   private static final String PARAMETERS =
-      "(?:" + OWS + ";" + OWS + TOKEN + "=(?:" + TOKEN + "|" + QUOTED_STRING + "))*";
+      "(?:" + OWS + ";" + OWS + TCHARS + "=(?:" + TCHARS + "|" + QUOTED_STRING + "))*+";
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   static final Pattern MIME_TYPE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
diff --git a/src/test/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheckTest.java
index ae71be53..5a70f94a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/apiaddicts/sonar/openapi/checks/format/OAR044MediaTypeCheckTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import org.sonar.api.rules.RuleType;
 import apiaddicts.sonar.openapi.BaseCheckTest;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
 public class OAR044MediaTypeCheckTest extends BaseCheckTest {
 
     @Before
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ public void verifyInV32() {
         verifyV32("media-type");
     }
 
+    @Test(timeout = 2000)
+    public void verifyNoBacktrackingOnLongInput() {
+        String malicious = "application/json;x=\"" + "a".repeat(500_000);
+        assertFalse(OAR044MediaTypeCheck.MEDIA_RANGE_PATTERN.matcher(malicious).matches());
+        assertFalse(OAR044MediaTypeCheck.MIME_TYPE_PATTERN.matcher(malicious).matches());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void verifyRule() {
         assertRuleProperties("OAR044 - MediaType - Media types SHOULD conform to the RFC.", RuleType.BUG, Severity.BLOCKER, tags("format"));