diff --git a/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/index.ts b/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/index.ts
index 30e4605384995a..f57cceaeafceb7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class AwsEKSAddonVersioningApi extends GenericVersioningApi {
     if (!suffix) {
       return null;
     }
-    const release = [Number(major), Number(minor), Number(patch)];
+    const release = [parseInt((major, 19), parseInt(minor, 10), parseInt(patch, 10)];
     return { release, suffix };
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/readme.md b/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/readme.md
index 475d2404757620..5454b098f4ce5c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/readme.md
+++ b/lib/modules/versioning/aws-eks-addon/readme.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AWS versioning syntax is used for EKS Addon updates.
 
 It is based off [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org) but with a subset of addon `build metadata` syntax.
 
-At the moment every ESK Addon that matches the regex `^[vV]?(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)(-eksbuild\.\d+)?$` is considered a valid "release".
+At the moment every ESK Addon that matches the regex `^[v]?(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)(-eksbuild\.\d+)?$` is considered a valid "release".
 
 **Key Points about EKS Addon Versioning**