diff --git a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionHelper.java b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionHelper.java
index fee87f87c..39f4b923a 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionHelper.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/cc/arduino/contributions/VersionHelper.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public class VersionHelper {
       return null;
     }
     try {
+      if (ver.contains("-")) {
+        // Strip snapshot info
+        ver = ver.split("-")[0];
+      }
       String[] verParts = ver.split("\\.");
       if (verParts.length < 3) {
         if (verParts.length == 2) {