diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-dev.yaml
index 1354e89b..5c8efd25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-dev.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -oP 'version = "\K[^"]+' pyproject.toml | head -1)
           echo "Version from pyproject.toml: $CURRENT_VERSION"
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | sed 's/rc/-rc/')
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | sed 's/\([0-9]\)rc/\1-rc/')
           echo "Semver-formatted version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
           NEXT_VERSION=$(uv run python -c "import semver; ver = semver.Version.parse('$CURRENT_VERSION').bump_prerelease(); print(ver)")
           echo "Next version: $NEXT_VERSION"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml
index da7e657f..aab8db15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prod.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -oP 'version = "\K[^"]+' pyproject.toml | head -1)
           echo "Version from pyproject.toml: $CURRENT_VERSION"
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | sed 's/rc/-rc/')
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | sed 's/\([0-9]\)rc/\1-rc/')
           echo "Semver-formatted version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
           NEXT_VERSION=$(uv run python -c "import semver; ver = semver.Version.parse('$CURRENT_VERSION').finalize_version(); print(ver)")
           echo "Next version: $NEXT_VERSION"
diff --git a/src/djtools/version.py b/src/djtools/version.py
index 45034766..64cf35c0 100644
--- a/src/djtools/version.py
+++ b/src/djtools/version.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def get_version() -> str:
         Version string.
     """
     version = importlib.metadata.version(__package__)
-    major_minor_patch_regex = re.compile(r"([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)")
-    match = re.match(major_minor_patch_regex, version).group()
+    version_regex = re.compile(r"([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)")
+    match = re.match(version_regex, version).group()
 
     if match:
         suffix = version.split(match)[-1]