diff --git a/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh b/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh
index 97e90511..ace8c586 100755
--- a/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh
+++ b/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh
@@ -56,13 +56,9 @@ function preReleaseCheckGit() {
 	)
 
 	parseArguments params "" "$TEGONAL_SCRIPTS_VERSION" "$@"
-
 	if ! [[ -v branch ]]; then branch="main"; fi
 	exitIfNotAllArgumentsSet params "" "$TEGONAL_SCRIPTS_VERSION"
-
-	if ! [[ "$version" =~ $versionRegex ]]; then
-		die "%s should match vX.Y.Z(-RC...), was %s" "$versionParamPatternLong" "$version"
-	fi
+	exitIfArgIsNotVersion "$version" "$versionParamPatternLong"
 
 	exitIfGitHasChanges
 
diff --git a/src/releasing/prepare-next-dev-cycle-template.sh b/src/releasing/prepare-next-dev-cycle-template.sh
index 33e5e6cd..c8f0a8cd 100755
--- a/src/releasing/prepare-next-dev-cycle-template.sh
+++ b/src/releasing/prepare-next-dev-cycle-template.sh
@@ -93,10 +93,7 @@ function prepareNextDevCycleTemplate() {
 	if ! [[ -v beforePrFn ]]; then beforePrFn="beforePr"; fi
 	if ! [[ -v afterVersionUpdateHook ]]; then afterVersionUpdateHook=''; fi
 	exitIfNotAllArgumentsSet params "" "$TEGONAL_SCRIPTS_VERSION"
-
-	if ! [[ "$version" =~ $versionRegex ]]; then
-		die "version should match vX.Y.Z(-RC...), was %s" "$version"
-	fi
+	exitIfArgIsNotVersion "$version" "$versionParamPatternLong"
 	exitIfArgIsNotFunction "$beforePrFn" "$beforePrFnParamPatternLong"
 
 	exitIfGitHasChanges