diff --git a/asset_jenkins.js b/asset_jenkins.js
index f74bfe5..b0b7413 100644
--- a/asset_jenkins.js
+++ b/asset_jenkins.js
@@ -35,13 +35,17 @@ if (typeof pkg.repository === 'undefined') {
   process.exit (1);
 }
 
+function major (version) {
+  return version.replace (/\\.[0-9]+$/ui, '');
+}
+
 if (fs.existsSync ('README.md')) {
   const readme = fs.readFileSync ('README.md', 'utf-8');
   // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-named-capture-group
   const version = (/version: ([0-9.]+)/ui).exec (readme);
   if (
     version === null
-    || version[1] !== pkg.version
+    || major (version[1]) !== major (pkg.version)
   ) {
     console.log ('readme version does not match package version');
     process.exit (1);
diff --git a/jenkins.js b/jenkins.js
index d0f8ea8..a9ca3a3 100644
--- a/jenkins.js
+++ b/jenkins.js
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@ if (typeof pkg.repository === 'undefined') {
   process.exit (1);
 }
 
+function major (version) {
+  return version.replace (/\.[0-9]+$/ui, '');
+}
+
 if (fs.existsSync ('README.md')) {
   const readme = fs.readFileSync ('README.md', 'utf-8');
   // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-named-capture-group
   const version = (/version: ([0-9.]+)/ui).exec (readme);
   if (
     version === null
-    || version[1] !== pkg.version
+    || major (version[1]) !== major (pkg.version)
   ) {
     console.log ('readme version does not match package version');
     process.exit (1);