diff --git a/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/internal/semantic/SemanticVersioning.java b/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/internal/semantic/SemanticVersioning.java
index fde7394e..e4ce9d79 100644
--- a/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/internal/semantic/SemanticVersioning.java
+++ b/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/internal/semantic/SemanticVersioning.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public static SemanticVersion getHighestVersion(final List<String> tags) {
 
   public static Optional<SemanticVersion> findSemanticVersion(final String tag) {
     final Matcher semanticVersionMatcher =
-        Pattern.compile("[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]+?").matcher(tag);
+        Pattern.compile("[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*").matcher(tag);
     if (!semanticVersionMatcher.find()) {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/semantic/SemanticVersioningTest.java b/src/test/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/semantic/SemanticVersioningTest.java
index 4d8e46db..293f9593 100644
--- a/src/test/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/semantic/SemanticVersioningTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/semantic/SemanticVersioningTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import se.bjurr.gitchangelog.api.GitChangelogApi;
 import se.bjurr.gitchangelog.internal.semantic.SemanticVersion;
 import se.bjurr.gitchangelog.internal.semantic.SemanticVersioning;
@@ -179,6 +181,48 @@ public void testPatchStepWithPatternMatching() throws Throwable {
     assertThat(this.sut.getNextVersion(highestVersion).getVersionStep()).isEqualTo(PATCH);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testLongPatchMatches() throws Throwable {
+	    this.tags.add("1.2.33333");
+	    this.tags.add("1.2.3");
+
+    final SemanticVersion highestVersion = SemanticVersioning.getHighestVersion(this.tags);
+    assertThat(highestVersion.toString()) //
+        .isEqualTo("1.2.33333");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testLongPatchMatches_reverse_order() throws Throwable {
+	    this.tags.add("1.2.3");
+	    this.tags.add("1.2.33333");
+
+    final SemanticVersion highestVersion = SemanticVersioning.getHighestVersion(this.tags);
+    assertThat(highestVersion.toString()) //
+        .isEqualTo("1.2.33333");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testLongMinorMatches() throws Throwable {
+	    this.tags.add("1.22222");
+	    this.tags.add("1.2");
+
+    final SemanticVersion highestVersion = SemanticVersioning.getHighestVersion(this.tags);
+    assertThat(highestVersion.toString()) //
+        .isEqualTo("1.22222.0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testLongMinorMatches_reverse_order() throws Throwable {
+	    this.tags.add("1.2");
+	    this.tags.add("1.22222");
+
+    final SemanticVersion highestVersion = SemanticVersioning.getHighestVersion(this.tags);
+    assertThat(highestVersion.toString()) //
+    .isEqualTo("1.22222.0");
+    assertThat(highestVersion.findTag().orElse("")) //
+    .isEqualTo("1.22222");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testTagCleanup() throws Throwable {
     assertThat(this.getTagNameFrom("whatever1.2.3.4")).isEqualTo("1.2.3");