diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7261aa03dd..de5583fbaf 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 ANT = /usr/bin/ant
-VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -ne 's/^Version: \(.*\)/\1/p')
+VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -ne 's/^Version: \([^-|~|+]*\).*/\1/p')
 
 test:
 	dh_testdir