diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 3d1cfee..d53aa5a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8772,7 +8772,7 @@ var __webpack_exports__ = {};
 
 
 const bump = (version, bump) => {
-    const cleanVersionMatcher = version.match(/.*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*/);
+    const cleanVersionMatcher = version.match(/[^\d]*((\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)).*/);
     if (cleanVersionMatcher == null || cleanVersionMatcher[1] === null) {
         throw new Error(`invalid semver: ${version}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/bump.spec.ts b/src/bump.spec.ts
index e1bda33..8bf2081 100644
--- a/src/bump.spec.ts
+++ b/src/bump.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ describe('bump', () => {
         expect(bump('1.2.3', 'patch')).toEqual('1.2.4')
         expect(bump('1.2.3', 'minor')).toEqual('1.3.0')
         expect(bump('1.2.3', 'major')).toEqual('2.0.0')
+        expect(bump('101.2.2', 'patch')).toEqual('101.2.3')
         expect(bump('v1.2.3', 'major')).toEqual('2.0.0')
         expect(bump('v1.2.3', 'minor')).toEqual('1.3.0')
         expect(bump('v1.2.3--alpha3', 'minor')).toEqual('1.3.0')
diff --git a/src/bump.ts b/src/bump.ts
index 7cb7205..48b41a3 100644
--- a/src/bump.ts
+++ b/src/bump.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {CommitMessageQueryResponse, MergeCommit} from "./QueryTypes";
 export type Bump = 'major' | 'minor' | 'patch';
 
 export const bump = (version: string, bump: Bump) => {
-    const cleanVersionMatcher = version.match(/.*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*/);
+    const cleanVersionMatcher = version.match(/[^\d]*((\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)).*/);
     if (cleanVersionMatcher == null || cleanVersionMatcher[1] === null) {
         throw new Error(`invalid semver: ${version}`)
     }