diff --git a/scripts/replaceVersion.sh b/scripts/replaceVersion.sh
index df1dfebb43c..5475bf7f1e5 100755
--- a/scripts/replaceVersion.sh
+++ b/scripts/replaceVersion.sh
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ fi
 OLD=`sed 's/\./\\\\./g' <<<"$1"`
 NEW=`sed 's/\./\\\\./g' <<<"$2"`
 
-OLD_MAJOR=`sed 's/^\([0-9]\)\.[0-9]\.[0-9]$/\1/' <<<"$1"`
-NEW_MAJOR=`sed 's/^\([0-9]\)\.[0-9]\.[0-9]$/\1/' <<<"$2"`
+OLD_MAJOR=`sed 's/^\([0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/\1/' <<<"$1"`
+NEW_MAJOR=`sed 's/^\([0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/\1/' <<<"$2"`
 
-OLD_MINOR=`sed 's/^[0-9]\.\([0-9]\)\.[0-9]$/\1/' <<<"$1"`
-NEW_MINOR=`sed 's/^[0-9]\.\([0-9]\)\.[0-9]$/\1/' <<<"$2"`
+OLD_MINOR=`sed 's/^[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*/\1/' <<<"$1"`
+NEW_MINOR=`sed 's/^[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*/\1/' <<<"$2"`
 
-OLD_RELEASE=`sed 's/^[0-9]\.[0-9]\.\([0-9]\)$/\1/' <<<"$1"`
-NEW_RELEASE=`sed 's/^[0-9]\.[0-9]\.\([0-9]\)$/\1/' <<<"$2"`
+OLD_RELEASE=`sed 's/^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)/\1/' <<<"$1"`
+NEW_RELEASE=`sed 's/^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)/\1/' <<<"$2"`
 
 OLD_THREE="${OLD_MAJOR}${OLD_MINOR}${OLD_RELEASE}"
 NEW_THREE="${NEW_MAJOR}${NEW_MINOR}${NEW_RELEASE}"