diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/DependencyVersion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/DependencyVersion.java
index bbe242b3099..7f14f4e3f43 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/DependencyVersion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/DependencyVersion.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final void parseVersion(String version) {
         versionParts = new ArrayList<>();
         if (version != null) {
             final Pattern rx = Pattern
-                    .compile("(\\d+[a-z]{1,3}$|[a-z]{1,3}[_-]?\\d+|\\d+|(rc|release|snapshot|beta|alpha)$)",
+                    .compile("(\\d{1,100}[a-z]{1,3}$|[a-z]{1,3}[_-]?\\d{1,100}|\\d{1,100}|(rc|release|snapshot|beta|alpha)$)",
                             Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
             final Matcher matcher = rx.matcher(version.toLowerCase());
             while (matcher.find()) {