diff --git a/src/redact.ts b/src/redact.ts
index a668a72..4b4bd75 100644
--- a/src/redact.ts
+++ b/src/redact.ts
@@ -90,13 +90,23 @@ const getReplaceMeta = (args: unknown[]): ReplaceMeta | null => {
   return { offset, whole };
 };
 
+// Ensure the regex is global so String.replace() visits *all* matches.
+// (DeepRedact may provide non-global patterns; we still want to replace all.)
+const asGlobal = (re: RegExp) => {
+  if (re.global) return re;
+  return new RegExp(
+    re.source,
+    re.flags.includes("g") ? re.flags : re.flags + "g",
+  );
+};
+
 const replaceAllMatchesWithContext = (
   value: string,
   pattern: RegExp,
   replacement: string,
   allow?: ContextRule[],
 ) =>
-  value.replace(pattern, (...args: unknown[]) => {
+  value.replace(asGlobal(pattern), (...args: unknown[]) => {
     const match = args[0];
     if (typeof match !== "string") return replacement;
 
@@ -118,7 +128,7 @@ const replaceBip39MnemonicMatchesWithContext = (
   replacement: string,
   allow?: ContextRule[],
 ) =>
-  value.replace(pattern, (...args: unknown[]) => {
+  value.replace(asGlobal(pattern), (...args: unknown[]) => {
     const match = args[0];
     const phrase = args[1];
 
diff --git a/tests/redact.test.ts b/tests/redact.test.ts
index 4d46530..2b0a158 100644
--- a/tests/redact.test.ts
+++ b/tests/redact.test.ts
@@ -41,4 +41,16 @@ describe("redact", () => {
       "Pushed event [REDACTED].[REDACTED] with key [REDACTED]",
     );
   });
+
+  it("redacts only once with allowlist", () => {
+    const redact = createRedact({
+      hex: { allow: [{ re: /\b(intent)\b/i }] },
+    });
+    const result = redact(
+      `This is an intent b3c1c51b70cd602cc9a5f76d3795b6eca27a89f884ba8977b604451333393530 but this is a private key: 9f4613930bc9d4ad3b2d838d79af0763538b2cee70083b281e2868f4632920b0`,
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      `This is an intent b3c1c51b70cd602cc9a5f76d3795b6eca27a89f884ba8977b604451333393530 but this is a private key: [REDACTED]`,
+    );
+  });
 });