diff --git a/scripts/base/misc/version.bro b/scripts/base/misc/version.bro
index 4fe37d200c..259b7b1127 100644
--- a/scripts/base/misc/version.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/misc/version.bro
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export {
 
 function parse(version_string: string): VersionDescription
 	{
-	if ( /[[:digit:]]\.[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]?(\.[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]?)?(\-beta)?(-[[:digit:]]+)?(\-debug)?/ != version_string )
+	if ( /[[:digit:]]\.[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]?(\.[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]?)?(\-beta[[:digit:]]?)?(-[[:digit:]]+)?(\-debug)?/ != version_string )
 		{
 		Reporter::error(fmt("Version string %s cannot be parsed", version_string));
 		return VersionDescription($version_number=0, $major=0, $minor=0, $patch=0, $commit=0, $beta=F, $debug=F, $version_string=version_string);
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.misc.version/.stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.misc.version/.stdout
index 5b207674f3..359bde8473 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.misc.version/.stdout
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.misc.version/.stdout
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 [version_number=20500, major=2, minor=5, patch=0, commit=12, beta=T, debug=F, version_string=2.5-beta-12]
 [version_number=20500, major=2, minor=5, patch=0, commit=0, beta=F, debug=T, version_string=2.5-12-debug]
 [version_number=20502, major=2, minor=5, patch=2, commit=12, beta=T, debug=T, version_string=2.5.2-beta-12-debug]
+[version_number=20502, major=2, minor=5, patch=2, commit=12, beta=T, debug=T, version_string=2.5.2-beta5-12-debug]
 [version_number=11220, major=1, minor=12, patch=20, commit=2562, beta=T, debug=T, version_string=1.12.20-beta-2562-debug]
 [version_number=0, major=0, minor=0, patch=0, commit=0, beta=F, debug=F, version_string=1]
 [version_number=0, major=0, minor=0, patch=0, commit=0, beta=F, debug=F, version_string=12.5]
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/misc/version.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/misc/version.bro
index bb7879509d..cd19f0ee30 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/misc/version.bro
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/misc/version.bro
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ print Version::parse("2.5.1-debug");
 print Version::parse("2.5-beta-12");
 print Version::parse("2.5-12-debug");
 print Version::parse("2.5.2-beta-12-debug");
+print Version::parse("2.5.2-beta5-12-debug");
 print Version::parse("1.12.20-beta-2562-debug");
 
 # bad versions