diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
index 8338e98d9f0..7cb4bfde51a 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ building documentation and marking the package as installed."
     (dolist (elc-file (directory-files-recursively
                        lisp-dir
                        (rx string-start
-                           (not ".") (zero-or-more any) ".elc"
+                           (not ".") (zero-or-more anychar) ".elc"
                            string-end)
                        nil
                        (lambda (dir)
diff --git a/lisp/pcmpl-rpm.el b/lisp/pcmpl-rpm.el
index 239500c37dd..d3992f82227 100644
--- a/lisp/pcmpl-rpm.el
+++ b/lisp/pcmpl-rpm.el
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ STATUS should be one of --available or --installed."
       (while (pcase subcmd
                ((guard (pcomplete-match "\\`-" 0))
                 (if-let* (((pcomplete-match (rx bos "--what" (* (not "=")) "="
-                                                (group (* any)) eos)
+                                                (group (* anychar)) eos)
                                             0))
                           (stub (pcomplete-match-string 1 0)))
                     (pcomplete-here (pcmpl-rpm--dnf-packages "--available") stub)
diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc-tests.el
index f118a871f99..27faf4acaba 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc-tests.el
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ car of ARGS (a symbol) to name of the package."
                       (substring
                        (cadr package-vc-tests-repository)
                        0 7))
-                     (one-or-more any)
+                     (one-or-more anychar)
                      "Second commit"
                      line-end)))
     (should (bufferp incoming-buffer))