diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32b1832..182dc78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.4.1
+## Fixes
+- #287 Update VERSION regex to restrict on digits and dot
+
 ## 1.4.0
 ### Features
 - #282 Add checksum verification of bash script
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ff84a32..1790159 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -49280,7 +49280,7 @@ var calculateChecksum = function (body, i) {
     return shasum.digest('hex') + "  codecov";
 };
 var getVersion = function (body) {
-    var regex = /VERSION="(.*)+"/g;
+    var regex = /VERSION="([\d\.]+)"/g;
     var match = regex.exec(body);
     return match ? match[1] : null;
 };
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 10ff0c1..b0958e6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codecov-action",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c6af5b..8d0dda6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codecov-action",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Upload coverage reports to Codecov from GitHub Actions",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/validate.ts b/src/validate.ts
index 68cbd63..55b2e3a 100644
--- a/src/validate.ts
+++ b/src/validate.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const calculateChecksum = (body, i) => {
 };
 
 const getVersion = (body) => {
-  const regex = /VERSION="(.*)+"/g;
+  const regex = /VERSION="([\d\.]+)"/g;
   const match = regex.exec(body);
   return match ? match[1] : null;
 };