diff --git a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_compact.cpp b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_compact.cpp
index ad184a1f..757dd7fc 100644
--- a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_compact.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_compact.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ private:
             if ( m_config->testSpec().hasFilters() ) {
                 m_stream << m_colour->guardColour( Colour::BrightYellow )
                          << "Filters: "
-                         << serializeFilters( m_config->getTestsOrTags() )
+                         << m_config->testSpec()
                          << '\n';
             }
             m_stream << "RNG seed: " << getSeed() << '\n';
diff --git a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_console.cpp b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_console.cpp
index d13be48c..7ad73995 100644
--- a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_console.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_console.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ void ConsoleReporter::testRunStarting(TestRunInfo const& _testInfo) {
     StreamingReporterBase::testRunStarting(_testInfo);
     if ( m_config->testSpec().hasFilters() ) {
         m_stream << m_colour->guardColour( Colour::BrightYellow ) << "Filters: "
-                 << serializeFilters( m_config->getTestsOrTags() ) << '\n';
+                 << m_config->testSpec() << '\n';
     }
     m_stream << "Randomness seeded to: " << getSeed() << '\n';
 }
diff --git a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_junit.cpp b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_junit.cpp
index c24d1efa..ca8e9e32 100644
--- a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_junit.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_junit.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_textflow.hpp>
 #include <catch2/interfaces/catch_interfaces_config.hpp>
 #include <catch2/catch_test_case_info.hpp>
+#include <catch2/catch_test_spec.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_move_and_forward.hpp>
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -143,10 +144,10 @@ namespace Catch {
             xml.scopedElement("property")
                 .writeAttribute("name"_sr, "random-seed"_sr)
                 .writeAttribute("value"_sr, m_config->rngSeed());
-            if (m_config->hasTestFilters()) {
+            if (m_config->testSpec().hasFilters()) {
                 xml.scopedElement("property")
                     .writeAttribute("name"_sr, "filters"_sr)
-                    .writeAttribute("value"_sr, serializeFilters(m_config->getTestsOrTags()));
+                    .writeAttribute("value"_sr, m_config->testSpec());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_sonarqube.cpp b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_sonarqube.cpp
index 15b55ae0..29247ec6 100644
--- a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_sonarqube.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_sonarqube.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace Catch {
             ReusableStringStream sstr;
             if ( config.testSpec().hasFilters() ) {
                 sstr << "filters='"
-                         << serializeFilters( config.getTestsOrTags() )
+                         << config.testSpec()
                          << "' ";
             }
             sstr << "rng-seed=" << config.rngSeed();
diff --git a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_tap.cpp b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_tap.cpp
index d433d986..015d972f 100644
--- a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_tap.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_tap.cpp
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ namespace Catch {
 
     void TAPReporter::testRunStarting( TestRunInfo const& ) {
         if ( m_config->testSpec().hasFilters() ) {
-            m_stream << "# filters: "
-                     << serializeFilters( m_config->getTestsOrTags() ) << '\n';
+            m_stream << "# filters: " << m_config->testSpec() << '\n';
         }
         m_stream << "# rng-seed: " << m_config->rngSeed() << '\n';
     }
diff --git a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_xml.cpp b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_xml.cpp
index 1e5def41..7f35bf37 100644
--- a/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_xml.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/reporters/catch_reporter_xml.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ namespace Catch {
              .writeAttribute("name"_sr, m_config->name())
              .writeAttribute("rng-seed"_sr, m_config->rngSeed())
              .writeAttribute("catch2-version"_sr, libraryVersion());
-        if (m_config->testSpec().hasFilters())
-            m_xml.writeAttribute( "filters"_sr, serializeFilters( m_config->getTestsOrTags() ) );
+        if ( m_config->testSpec().hasFilters() ) {
+            m_xml.writeAttribute( "filters"_sr, m_config->testSpec() );
+        }
     }
 
     void XmlReporter::testCaseStarting( TestCaseInfo const& testInfo ) {
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index df0a7d5d..698e40dd 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -611,9 +611,15 @@ foreach (reporterName # "Automake" - the simple .trs format does not support any
         $<TARGET_FILE:SelfTest> [comparisons][string-case] "CaseInsensitiveLess is case insensitive"
           --reporter ${reporterName}
     )
+    # Different regex for these two reporters, because the commas end up xml-escaped
+    if (reporterName MATCHES "JUnit|XML")
+      set(testCaseNameFormat "&quot;CaseInsensitiveLess is case insensitive&quot;")
+    else()
+      set(testCaseNameFormat "\"CaseInsensitiveLess is case insensitive\"")
+    endif()
     set_tests_properties("Reporters:Filters:${reporterName}"
       PROPERTIES
-        PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "[fF]ilters.+\\[comparisons\\]\\[string-case\\]"
+        PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "[fF]ilters.+\\[comparisons\\] \\[string-case\\] ${testCaseNameFormat}"
     )
 
     add_test(NAME "Reporters:RngSeed:${reporterName}"
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.approved.txt
index bed38433..5073c080 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+Filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 RNG seed: 1
 Misc.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: with 1 message: 'yay'
 Compilation.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: y.v == 0 for: 0 == 0
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.multi.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.multi.approved.txt
index 1ba95db7..af348dda 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.multi.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.multi.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+Filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 RNG seed: 1
 Misc.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: with 1 message: 'yay'
 Compilation.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: y.v == 0 for: 0 == 0
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.std.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.std.approved.txt
index b7413384..5ad8447a 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.std.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.std.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+Filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 Randomness seeded to: 1
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.approved.txt
index 9a539685..1ef94ee5 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+Filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 Randomness seeded to: 1
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.multi.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.multi.approved.txt
index 304baec3..c281374f 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.multi.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.multi.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+Filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 Randomness seeded to: 1
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.swa4.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.swa4.approved.txt
index 1022407f..60517504 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.swa4.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/console.swa4.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+Filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 Randomness seeded to: 1
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.approved.txt
index 617fc32c..bd983051 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.approved.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <testsuite name="<exe-name>" errors="17" failures="126" tests="2159" hostname="tbd" time="{duration}" timestamp="{iso8601-timestamp}">
     <properties>
       <property name="random-seed" value="1"/>
-      <property name="filters" value="~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *"/>
+      <property name="filters" value="&quot;*&quot; ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]"/>
     </properties>
     <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="# A test name that starts with a #" time="{duration}" status="run"/>
     <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="#1027: Bitfields can be captured" time="{duration}" status="run"/>
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.multi.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.multi.approved.txt
index 64df87e2..3231c3e8 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.multi.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.multi.approved.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <testsuite name="<exe-name>" errors="17" failures="126" tests="2159" hostname="tbd" time="{duration}" timestamp="{iso8601-timestamp}">
     <properties>
       <property name="random-seed" value="1"/>
-      <property name="filters" value="~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *"/>
+      <property name="filters" value="&quot;*&quot; ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]"/>
     </properties>
     <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="# A test name that starts with a #" time="{duration}" status="run"/>
     <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="#1027: Bitfields can be captured" time="{duration}" status="run"/>
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.approved.txt
index fc119949..122e3dda 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- filters='~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *' rng-seed=1 -->
+<!-- filters='"*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]' rng-seed=1 -->
 <testExecutions version="1"loose text artifact
 >
   <file path="tests/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Clara.tests.cpp">
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.multi.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.multi.approved.txt
index 659080b9..8025e455 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.multi.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.multi.approved.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- filters='~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *' rng-seed=1 -->
+<!-- filters='"*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]' rng-seed=1 -->
 <testExecutions version="1">
   <file path="tests/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Clara.tests.cpp">
     <testCase name="Clara::Arg supports single-arg parse the way Opt does" duration="{duration}"/>
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.approved.txt
index c7d60903..1832282a 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+# filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 # rng-seed: 1
 # # A test name that starts with a #
 ok {test-number} - with 1 message: 'yay'
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.multi.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.multi.approved.txt
index f6e13276..4446141d 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.multi.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/tap.sw.multi.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# filters: ~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *
+# filters: "*" ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]
 # rng-seed: 1
 # # A test name that starts with a #
 ok {test-number} - with 1 message: 'yay'
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.approved.txt
index 2c4b5b14..0e853bfe 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Catch2TestRun name="<exe-name>" rng-seed="1" catch2-version="<version>" filters="~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *">
+<Catch2TestRun name="<exe-name>" rng-seed="1" catch2-version="<version>" filters="&quot;*&quot; ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]">
   <TestCase name="# A test name that starts with a #" filename="tests/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
     <OverallResult success="true"/>
   </TestCase>
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.multi.approved.txt b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.multi.approved.txt
index 3f5b5c52..06be5f0c 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.multi.approved.txt
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.multi.approved.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Catch2TestRun name="<exe-name>" rng-seed="1" catch2-version="<version>" filters="~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals] *">
+<Catch2TestRun name="<exe-name>" rng-seed="1" catch2-version="<version>" filters="&quot;*&quot; ~[!nonportable] ~[!benchmark] ~[approvals]">
   <TestCase name="# A test name that starts with a #" filename="tests/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
     <OverallResult success="true"/>
   </TestCase>