diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/lib/main.js
index 04c1894b76c6..a631ac7388c9 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/lib/main.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var trim = require( '@stdlib/string/base/trim' );
 // VARIABLES //
 
 var RE_WHITESPACE = /\s+/g;
-var RE_SPECIAL = /[!"'(),–.:;<>?`{}|~\/\\\[\]_#$*&^@%]+/g; // eslint-disable-line no-useless-escape
+var RE_SPECIAL = /[\-!"'(),–.:;<>?`{}|~\/\\\[\]_#$*&^@%]+/g; // eslint-disable-line no-useless-escape
 var RE_CAMEL = /([a-z0-9])([A-Z])/g;
 
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/test/test.js
index ecdbceced7bd..a6e611c3e6b0 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/base/kebabcase/test/test.js
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ tape( 'the function converts a string to kebab case', function test( t ) {
 		'foo bar baz',
 		'foo bar baz qux',
 		'foo_bar_baz_qux',
-		'foo_bar baz qux'
+		'foo_bar baz qux',
+		'foo - bar',
+		'foo--bar'
 	];
 
 	expected = [
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@ tape( 'the function converts a string to kebab case', function test( t ) {
 		'foo-bar-baz',
 		'foo-bar-baz-qux',
 		'foo-bar-baz-qux',
-		'foo-bar-baz-qux'
+		'foo-bar-baz-qux',
+		'foo-bar',
+		'foo-bar'
 	];
 
 	for ( i = 0; i < values.length; i++ ) {