diff --git a/test/version.t b/test/version.t
index 7be76c08d..d32ee6cc4 100755
--- a/test/version.t
+++ b/test/version.t
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TestVersion(TestCase):
 
     def slurp(self, file="../CMakeLists.txt"):
         number = "\.".join(["[0-9]+"] * 3)
-        ver = re.compile("^set \(PROJECT_VERSION \"({0}.+)\"\)$".format(number))
+        ver = re.compile("^set \(PROJECT_VERSION \"({0}[^\"]*)\"\)$".format(number))
         with open(file) as fh:
             for line in fh:
                 if "PROJECT_VERSION" in line: