diff --git a/scala.spec b/scala.spec
index b1569b0..e26ed78 100644
--- a/scala.spec
+++ b/scala.spec
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ COMPJAR=$PWD/%{name}-%{version}/lib/scala-compiler.jar
 COMPJAR=%{_javadir}/scala/scala-compiler.jar
 %endif
 
-JAVA_VER=$(java -version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/.*"\([[:digit:]]*\)[.[:digit:]]*".*/\1/p')
+JAVA_VER=$(java -version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/.*"\([[:digit:]]*\)[.[:digit:]]*[^[:digit:]]*".*/\1/p')
 JLINE_JARS=$(build-classpath jna jline/jline-terminal jline/jline-terminal-jna \
     jline/jline-reader jline/jline-style jline/jline-builtins)
 JAVAC_FLAGS="-g -parameters -source 11 -target 11"