diff --git a/pkg/configuration/base/validate_test.go b/pkg/configuration/base/validate_test.go
index d585e545..70f1db0f 100644
--- a/pkg/configuration/base/validate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configuration/base/validate_test.go
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ func TestValidatePlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, got, []string{"invalid plugin name 'INVALID?:0.0.1', must follow pattern '" + plugins.NamePattern.String() + "'"})
 	})
-	t.Run("invalid user plugin version", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var requiredBasePlugins []plugins.Plugin
-		var basePlugins []v1alpha2.Plugin
-		userPlugins := []v1alpha2.Plugin{{Name: "simple-plugin", Version: "invalid!"}}
-
-		got := baseReconcileLoop.validatePlugins(requiredBasePlugins, basePlugins, userPlugins)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, got, []string{"invalid plugin version 'simple-plugin:invalid!', must follow pattern '" + plugins.VersionPattern.String() + "'"})
-	})
 	t.Run("valid base plugin", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var requiredBasePlugins []plugins.Plugin
 		basePlugins := []v1alpha2.Plugin{{Name: "simple-plugin", Version: "0.0.1"}}
@@ -80,15 +71,6 @@ func TestValidatePlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, got, []string{"invalid plugin name 'INVALID?:0.0.1', must follow pattern '" + plugins.NamePattern.String() + "'"})
 	})
-	t.Run("invalid base plugin version", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var requiredBasePlugins []plugins.Plugin
-		basePlugins := []v1alpha2.Plugin{{Name: "simple-plugin", Version: "invalid!"}}
-		var userPlugins []v1alpha2.Plugin
-
-		got := baseReconcileLoop.validatePlugins(requiredBasePlugins, basePlugins, userPlugins)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, got, []string{"invalid plugin version 'simple-plugin:invalid!', must follow pattern '" + plugins.VersionPattern.String() + "'"})
-	})
 	t.Run("valid user and base plugin version", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var requiredBasePlugins []plugins.Plugin
 		basePlugins := []v1alpha2.Plugin{{Name: "simple-plugin", Version: "0.0.1"}}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/plugin.go
index 3c3b8732..6eced410 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugin.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ func (p Plugin) String() string {
 var (
 	// NamePattern is the plugin name regex pattern
 	NamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-zA-Z\-_]+$`)
-	// VersionPattern is the plugin version regex pattern
-	VersionPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9a-zA-Z\-_+\\.]+$`)
 	// DownloadURLPattern is the plugin download url regex pattern
 	DownloadURLPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)`)
 )
@@ -65,9 +63,6 @@ func validatePlugin(name, version, downloadURL string) error {
 	if ok := NamePattern.MatchString(name); !ok {
 		return errors.Errorf("invalid plugin name '%s:%s', must follow pattern '%s'", name, version, NamePattern.String())
 	}
-	if ok := VersionPattern.MatchString(version); !ok {
-		return errors.Errorf("invalid plugin version '%s:%s', must follow pattern '%s'", name, version, VersionPattern.String())
-	}
 	if len(downloadURL) > 0 {
 		if ok := DownloadURLPattern.MatchString(downloadURL); !ok {
 			return errors.Errorf("invalid download URL '%s' for plugin name %s:%s, must follow pattern '%s'", downloadURL, name, version, DownloadURLPattern.String())
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugin_test.go b/pkg/plugins/plugin_test.go
index eea2de9b..609c0e46 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugin_test.go
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ func TestValidatePlugin(t *testing.T) {
 		got := validatePlugin(validPluginName, "1074.v60e6c29b_b_44b_", "")
 		assert.NoError(t, got)
 	})
-	t.Run("invalid version !", func(t *testing.T) {
-		got := validatePlugin(validPluginName, "0.5.1!", "")
-		assert.Error(t, got)
-	})
 	t.Run("name 01234567890-abcdefghijklmnoprstuwxz_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", func(t *testing.T) {
 		got := validatePlugin("01234567890-abcdefghijklmnoprstuwxz_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", validPluginVersion, "")
 		assert.NoError(t, got)