diff --git a/modules/packages/cran/metadata.go b/modules/packages/cran/metadata.go
index 0b0bfb07c6..0856565e10 100644
--- a/modules/packages/cran/metadata.go
+++ b/modules/packages/cran/metadata.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 var (
 	fieldPattern         = regexp.MustCompile(`\A\S+:`)
 	namePattern          = regexp.MustCompile(`\A[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\.]*[a-zA-Z0-9]\z`)
-	versionPattern       = regexp.MustCompile(`\A[0-9]+(?:[.\-][0-9]+){1,3}\z`)
+	versionPattern       = regexp.MustCompile(`\A[0-9]+(?:[.\-][0-9]+)+\z`)
 	authorReplacePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`[\[\(].+?[\]\)]`)
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/packages/cran/metadata_test.go b/modules/packages/cran/metadata_test.go
index ff68c34c51..1d652a4a05 100644
--- a/modules/packages/cran/metadata_test.go
+++ b/modules/packages/cran/metadata_test.go
@@ -128,13 +128,22 @@ func TestParseDescription(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("InvalidVersion", func(t *testing.T) {
-		for _, version := range []string{"1", "1 0", "1.2.3.4.5", "1-2-3-4-5", "1.", "1.0.", "1-", "1-0-"} {
+		for _, version := range []string{"1", "1 0", "1.", "1.0.", "1-", "1-0-"} {
 			p, err := ParseDescription(createDescription(packageName, version))
 			assert.Nil(t, p)
 			assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrInvalidVersion)
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("ValidVersionManyComponents", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, version := range []string{"0.3.4.0.2", "1.2.3.4.5", "1-2-3-4-5"} {
+			p, err := ParseDescription(createDescription(packageName, version))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.NotNil(t, p)
+			assert.Equal(t, version, p.Version)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Valid", func(t *testing.T) {
 		p, err := ParseDescription(createDescription(packageName, packageVersion))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)