diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScanner.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScanner.scala
index 3cb6ae2184..b40185724a 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScanner.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScanner.scala
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ object ModulePositionScanner {
       fileData: FileData
   ): Iterator[ModulePosition] =
     sbtModuleIdRegex(dependency).findAllIn(fileData.content).matchData.map { m =>
-      val groupId = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, dependency.groupId.value)
-      val artifactId = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, dependency.artifactId.name)
-      val version = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, m.group(1))
+      val groupId = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(1), dependency.groupId.value)
+      val artifactId = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(2), dependency.artifactId.name)
+      val version = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(3), m.group(3))
       ModulePosition(groupId, artifactId, version)
     }
 
   private def sbtModuleIdRegex(dependency: Dependency): Regex = {
     val g = Regex.quote(dependency.groupId.value)
     val a = Regex.quote(dependency.artifactId.name)
-    raw""""$g"\s*%+\s*"$a"\s*%+\s*(.*)""".r
+    raw""""($g)"\s*%+\s*"($a)"\s*%+\s*(.*)""".r
   }
 
   private def findMillDependency(
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ object ModulePositionScanner {
       fileData: FileData
   ): Iterator[ModulePosition] =
     millDependencyRegex(dependency).findAllIn(fileData.content).matchData.map { m =>
-      val groupId = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, dependency.groupId.value)
-      val artifactId = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, dependency.artifactId.name)
-      val version = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, m.group(1))
+      val groupId = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(1), dependency.groupId.value)
+      val artifactId = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(2), dependency.artifactId.name)
+      val version = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(3), m.group(3))
       ModulePosition(groupId, artifactId, version)
     }
 
   private def millDependencyRegex(dependency: Dependency): Regex = {
     val g = Regex.quote(dependency.groupId.value)
     val a = Regex.quote(dependency.artifactId.name)
-    raw"""["`]$g:+$a:+(.*)["`;]""".r
+    raw"""["`]($g):+($a):+(.*)["`;]""".r
   }
 
   private def findMavenDependency(
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ object ModulePositionScanner {
       fileData: FileData
   ): Iterator[ModulePosition] =
     mavenDependencyRegex(dependency).findAllIn(fileData.content).matchData.map { m =>
-      val groupId = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, dependency.groupId.value)
-      val artifactId = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, dependency.artifactId.name)
-      val version = Substring.Position.fromMatch(fileData.path, m, m.group(2))
+      val groupId = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(1), dependency.groupId.value)
+      val artifactId = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(2), dependency.artifactId.name)
+      val version = Substring.Position(fileData.path, m.start(4), m.group(4))
       ModulePosition(groupId, artifactId, version)
     }
 
   private def mavenDependencyRegex(dependency: Dependency): Regex = {
     val g = Regex.quote(dependency.groupId.value)
     val a = Regex.quote(dependency.artifactId.name)
-    raw"""<groupId>$g</groupId>\s*<artifactId>$a(|_[^<]+)</artifactId>\s*<version>(.*)</version>""".r
+    raw"""<groupId>($g)</groupId>\s*<artifactId>($a)(|_[^<]+)</artifactId>\s*<version>(.*)</version>""".r
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/RewriteTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/RewriteTest.scala
index dc1f33d7f1..be14d2d44a 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/RewriteTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/RewriteTest.scala
@@ -890,51 +890,47 @@ class RewriteTest extends FunSuite {
     runApplyUpdate(update, original, expected)
   }
 
-  test("issue-2877: sbt using same version in a val and a literal using a Seq addition") {
+  // https://github.com/scala-steward-org/scala-steward/issues/2877
+  test("sbt using same version in a val and a literal using a Seq addition") {
     val update = ("org.scalatest".g % Nel.of(
       "scalatest".a,
       "scalactic".a
     ) % "3.2.13" %> "3.2.14").group
     val original = Map(
       "build.sbt" ->
-        """
-          |val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.13"
+        """val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.13"
           |libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
           |  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion,
           |  "org.scalatest" %% "scalactic" % "3.2.13"
-          |)
-          |""".stripMargin
+          |)""".stripMargin
     )
     val expected = Map(
       "build.sbt" ->
-        """
-          |val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.14"
+        """val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.14"
           |libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
           |  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion,
           |  "org.scalatest" %% "scalactic" % "3.2.14"
-          |)
-          |""".stripMargin
+          |)""".stripMargin
     )
     runApplyUpdate(update, original, expected)
   }
 
-  test("issue-2877: sbt using same version in a val and a literal using individual additions") {
+  // https://github.com/scala-steward-org/scala-steward/issues/2877
+  test("sbt using same version in a val and a literal using individual additions") {
     val update = ("org.scalatest".g % Nel.of(
       "scalatest".a,
       "scalactic".a
     ) % "3.2.13" %> "3.2.14").group
     val original = Map(
       "build.sbt" ->
-        """
-          |val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.13"
+        """val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.13"
           |libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion
           |libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalactic" % "3.2.13"
           |""".stripMargin
     )
     val expected = Map(
       "build.sbt" ->
-        """
-          |val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.14"
+        """val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.14"
           |libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion
           |libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalactic" % "3.2.14"
           |""".stripMargin
@@ -942,6 +938,15 @@ class RewriteTest extends FunSuite {
     runApplyUpdate(update, original, expected)
   }
 
+  // https://github.com/scala-steward-org/scala-steward/issues/3206
+  test("sbt module where the artifactId is also part of the groupId") {
+    val update = ("com.typesafe.play".g % "play".a % "2.9.0" %> "3.0.0").single
+      .copy(newerGroupId = Some("org.playframework".g), newerArtifactId = Some("play"))
+    val original = Map("build.sbt" -> """ "com.typesafe.play" %% "play" % "2.9.0" """)
+    val expected = Map("build.sbt" -> """ "org.playframework" %% "play" % "3.0.0" """)
+    runApplyUpdate(update, original, expected)
+  }
+
   private def runApplyUpdate(
       update: Update.Single,
       files: Map[String, String],
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScannerTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScannerTest.scala
index daffeb33e9..b440546f90 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScannerTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/edit/update/ModulePositionScannerTest.scala
@@ -33,4 +33,18 @@ class ModulePositionScannerTest extends FunSuite {
     )
     assertEquals(obtained, expected)
   }
+
+  test("sbt module where the artifactId is also part of the groupId") {
+    val d = "com.typesafe.play".g % "play".a % "2.9.0"
+    val fd = FileData("build.sbt", s""""com.typesafe.play" %% "play" % "2.9.0"""")
+    val obtained = ModulePositionScanner.findPositions(d, fd)
+    val expected = List(
+      ModulePosition(
+        Substring.Position(fd.path, 1, d.groupId.value),
+        Substring.Position(fd.path, 24, d.artifactId.name),
+        Substring.Position(fd.path, 32, s"\"${d.version}\"")
+      )
+    )
+    assertEquals(obtained, expected)
+  }
 }