diff --git a/puppet.json b/puppet.json
index ad692175c1..ddfca38f5b 100644
--- a/puppet.json
+++ b/puppet.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     ],
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppetlabs/puppet/master/lib/puppet/version.rb",
-        "re": "PUPPETVERSION = '[0-9\\.]+'"
+        "re": "PUPPETVERSION = '([0-9\\.]+)'"
     }
 }