diff --git a/.github/container/ejabberdctl.template b/.github/container/ejabberdctl.template
index ef481cc58e6..d88b5fe8d5c 100755
--- a/.github/container/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/.github/container/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ help()
 
 # dynamic node name helper
 uid() {
-  ERTSVERSION="$("$ERL" -version 2>&1 | sed 's|.*\([0-9][0-9]\).*|\1|g')"
+  ERTSVERSION="$("$ERL" -version 2>&1 | sed 's|.* \([0-9]*[0-9]\).*|\1|g')"
   if [ $ERTSVERSION -lt 11 ] ; then # otp 23.0 includes erts 11.0
     # Erlang/OTP lower than 23, which doesn's support dynamic node code
     N=1
diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index 5d132ccc657..6f5fe6a23e2 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ help()
 
 # dynamic node name helper
 uid() {
-  ERTSVERSION="$("$ERL" -version 2>&1 | sed 's|.*\([0-9][0-9]\).*|\1|g')"
+  ERTSVERSION="$("$ERL" -version 2>&1 | sed 's|.* \([0-9]*[0-9]\).*|\1|g')"
   if [ $ERTSVERSION -lt 11 ] ; then # otp 23.0 includes erts 11.0
     # Erlang/OTP lower than 23, which doesn's support dynamic node code
     N=1