diff --git a/App/tools/getVersion.pl b/App/tools/getVersion.pl
index 1c54c69..2c6b9e7 100755
--- a/App/tools/getVersion.pl
+++ b/App/tools/getVersion.pl
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ sub parse_git_output {
             $version = "$major.$minor.$patch";
             say STDERR "checking tag $line => version $version";
         }
-        elsif ($line =~ /[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9]*_([0-9]+)_([0-9]+)(_([0-9]+))?$/) {
+        elsif ($line =~ /^[a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9]*_([0-9]+)_([0-9]+)(_([0-9]+))?$/) {
             my $major = $1;
             my $minor = $2;
             my $patch = $4 || "0";