diff --git a/bucket/octave.json b/bucket/octave.json
index 60799a18ce..40d75ee47b 100644
--- a/bucket/octave.json
+++ b/bucket/octave.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     },
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://wiki.octave.org/GNU_Octave_Wiki",
-        "re": "GNU Octave ([\\d.]+) is the current stable release"
+        "re": "GNU Octave ([\\d.]+).*is the current stable release"
     },
     "autoupdate": {
         "architecture": {