diff --git a/cmds/rtk/src/commands/util.rs b/cmds/rtk/src/commands/util.rs
index 2885a749..a5c1c9ea 100644
--- a/cmds/rtk/src/commands/util.rs
+++ b/cmds/rtk/src/commands/util.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ pub fn extract_manifests(
 	if !target_filters.is_empty() {
 		let filters: Vec<regex::Regex> = target_filters
 			.iter()
-			.map(|f| regex::Regex::new(f))
+			.map(|f| regex::RegexBuilder::new(f).case_insensitive(true).build())
 			.collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
 			.context("invalid target filter regex")?;
 
diff --git a/cmds/rtk/src/export.rs b/cmds/rtk/src/export.rs
index a2f11c65..7270ab28 100644
--- a/cmds/rtk/src/export.rs
+++ b/cmds/rtk/src/export.rs
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ fn compile_target_patterns(patterns: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<regex::Regex>> {
 	patterns
 		.iter()
 		.map(|p| {
-			regex::Regex::new(p).map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid target regex '{}': {}", p, e))
+			regex::RegexBuilder::new(p)
+				.case_insensitive(true)
+				.build()
+				.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid target regex '{}': {}", p, e))
 		})
 		.collect()
 }
diff --git a/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/golden/default/ConfigMap-app-config.golden b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/golden/default/ConfigMap-app-config.golden
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1da689e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/golden/default/ConfigMap-app-config.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  key: value
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: app-config
+  namespace: default
diff --git a/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/golden/manifest.json b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/golden/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b673de20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/golden/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "default/ConfigMap-app-config.golden": "main.jsonnet"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/jsonnetfile.json b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/jsonnetfile.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4388812c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/jsonnetfile.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "dependencies": [],
+  "legacyImports": true
+}
diff --git a/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/main.jsonnet b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/main.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..864e13f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/main.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Test environment for case-insensitive --target flag
+// Tanka's --target is case insensitive, so "configmap/.*" should match "ConfigMap"
+
+local env = {
+  apiVersion: 'tanka.dev/v1alpha1',
+  kind: 'Environment',
+  metadata: {
+    name: 'target-filter-case-insensitive-test',
+  },
+  spec: {
+    apiServer: 'https://localhost:6443',
+    namespace: 'default',
+  },
+  data: {
+    // This should be exported (matches configmap/.* case-insensitively)
+    'app-config': {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'ConfigMap',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'app-config',
+        namespace: 'default',
+      },
+      data: {
+        key: 'value',
+      },
+    },
+    // This should NOT be exported (Deployment doesn't match configmap/.*)
+    'app-deployment': {
+      apiVersion: 'apps/v1',
+      kind: 'Deployment',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'app',
+        namespace: 'default',
+      },
+      spec: {
+        replicas: 1,
+        selector: {
+          matchLabels: { app: 'app' },
+        },
+        template: {
+          metadata: { labels: { app: 'app' } },
+          spec: {
+            containers: [{
+              name: 'main',
+              image: 'nginx:1.25',
+            }],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+env
diff --git a/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/tk-compare.toml b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/tk-compare.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c9eba60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_fixtures/golden_envs/target_filter_case_insensitive_env/tk-compare.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[args]
+export = ["--target", "configmap/.*"]