diff --git a/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp b/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp
index 06a242b7..bb613a57 100644
--- a/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp
+++ b/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp
@@ -1,154 +1,158 @@
 /*
    This file is part of the Nepomuk KDE project.
    Copyright (C) 2010 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include "timelinetools.h"
 #include "kio_timeline_debug.h"
 
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QDate>
-#include <QRegExp>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 
 
 namespace
 {
 QDate applyRelativeDateModificators(const QDate& date, const QMap<QString, QString>& modificators)
 {
     QDate newDate(date);
     const QString dayKey = QStringLiteral("relDays");
     const QString weekKey = QStringLiteral("relWeeks");
     const QString monthKey = QStringLiteral("relMonths");
     const QString yearKey = QStringLiteral("relYears");
     bool ok = false;
 
     if (modificators.contains(yearKey)) {
         int relYears = modificators[yearKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addYears(relYears);
         }
     }
     if (modificators.contains(monthKey)) {
         int relMonths = modificators[monthKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addMonths(relMonths);
         }
     }
     if (modificators.contains(weekKey)) {
         int relWeeks = modificators[weekKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addDays(relWeeks * 7); // we assume weeks have 7 days everywhere. QDate seems to make that assumption too, should be OK.
         }
     }
     if (modificators.contains(dayKey)) {
         int relDays = modificators[dayKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addDays(relDays);
         }
     }
     return newDate;
 }
 }
 
 QUrl Baloo::canonicalizeTimelineUrl(const QUrl& url) {
     QUrl newUrl = url;
     QString path = url.path();
     if (path.contains(QLatin1String("//"))) {
         QStringList sections = path.split(QChar('/'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         path = '/' + sections.join(QChar('/'));
         newUrl.setPath(path);
     }
     if ((path.size() > 1) && path.endsWith(QChar('/'))) {
         path.chop(1);
         newUrl.setPath(path);
     }
     if (!path.startsWith(QChar('/'))) {
         path = '/' + path;
         newUrl.setPath(path);
     }
     return newUrl;
 }
 
 Baloo::TimelineFolderType Baloo::parseTimelineUrl(const QUrl& url, QDate* date, QString* filename)
 {
     qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url;
 
-    static QRegExp s_dateRegexp(QStringLiteral("\\d{4}-\\d{2}(?:-(\\d{2}))?"));
+    static const QRegularExpression s_dateRegexp(
+                    QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(QStringLiteral("\\d{4}-\\d{2}(?:-(\\d{2}))?")));
 
     // reset
     *date = QDate();
 
     QString path = url.path();
     if (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
         path.chop(1);
 
     if (path.isEmpty()) {
         qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is root folder";
         return RootFolder;
     } else if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("/today"))) {
         *date = QDate::currentDate();
         if (filename)
             *filename = path.mid(7);
         qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is today folder:" << *date;
         return DayFolder;
     } else if (path == QLatin1String("/calendar")) {
         qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is calendar folder";
         return CalendarFolder;
     } else {
         QStringList sections = path.split(QStringLiteral("/"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         QString dateString;
-        if (s_dateRegexp.exactMatch(sections.last())) {
+        QRegularExpressionMatch match = s_dateRegexp.match(sections.last());
+        if (match.hasMatch()) {
             dateString = sections.last();
-        } else if (sections.count() > 1 && s_dateRegexp.exactMatch(sections[sections.count() - 2])) {
+        } else if (sections.count() > 1
+                   && (match = s_dateRegexp.match(sections[sections.count() - 2])).hasMatch()) {
             dateString = sections[sections.count() - 2];
-            if (filename)
+            if (filename) {
                 *filename = sections.last();
+            }
         } else {
             qCWarning(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "COULD NOT PARSE";
             return NoFolder;
         }
 
-        if (s_dateRegexp.cap(1).isEmpty()) {
+        if (match.captured(1).isEmpty()) {
             // no day -> month listing
             qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << "parsing " << dateString;
             *date = QDate::fromString(dateString, QStringLiteral("yyyy-MM"));
             qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is month folder:" << date->month() << date->year();
             if (date->month() > 0 && date->year() > 0)
                 return MonthFolder;
         } else {
             qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << "parsing " << dateString;
             typedef QPair<QString, QString> StringPair;
             QUrlQuery query(url);
             const QList<StringPair> queryItems = query.queryItems();
             QMap<QString, QString> map;
             for (const StringPair& pair : queryItems) {
                 map.insert(pair.first, pair.second);
             }
 
             *date = applyRelativeDateModificators(QDate::fromString(dateString, QStringLiteral("yyyy-MM-dd")), map);
             // only in day folders we can have filenames
             qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is day folder:" << *date;
             if (date->isValid())
                 return DayFolder;
         }
     }
 
     return NoFolder;
 }