diff --git a/buildSrc/public/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/Version.kt b/buildSrc/public/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/Version.kt
index c7700860e334b..0c4930c378f58 100644
--- a/buildSrc/public/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/Version.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/public/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/Version.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ data class Version(
         private const val serialVersionUID = 345435634563L
 
         private val VERSION_FILE_REGEX = Pattern.compile("^(res-)?(.*).txt$")
-        private val VERSION_REGEX = Pattern.compile("^(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)((?:\\.\\d+)?(?:-.+)?)?$")
+        private val VERSION_REGEX = Pattern.compile("^(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)((?:\\.\\d+)?(?:[-\\+].+)?)?$")
 
         private fun checkedMatcher(versionString: String): Matcher {
             val matcher = VERSION_REGEX.matcher(versionString)