diff --git a/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin.go b/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin.go
index ef96fa8a..5becfc07 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (p Plugin) String() string {
 
 var (
 	namePattern    = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^[0-9a-z-_]+$`)
-	versionPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9\\.]+$`)
+	versionPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^[0-9\\.-]+$`)
 )
 
 // New creates plugin from string, for example "name-of-plugin:0.0.1"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin_test.go b/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin_test.go
index 2e050a0e..6a017e29 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jenkins/plugins/plugin_test.go
@@ -108,4 +108,13 @@ func TestVerifyDependencies(t *testing.T) {
 		got := VerifyDependencies(basePlugins, extraPlugins)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, got)
 	})
+	t.Run("happy with dash in version", func(t *testing.T) {
+		basePlugins := map[Plugin][]Plugin{
+			Must(New("first-root-plugin:1.0.0-1")): {
+				Must(New("first-plugin:0.0.1-1")),
+			},
+		}
+		got := VerifyDependencies(basePlugins)
+		assert.Equal(t, true, got)
+	})
 }