diff --git a/cli/mizu/version/versionCheck.go b/cli/mizu/version/versionCheck.go
index 1928805f4..4e0228d5c 100644
--- a/cli/mizu/version/versionCheck.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/version/versionCheck.go
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ func CheckNewerVersion(versionChan chan string) {
 
 	gitHubVersionSemVer := semver.SemVersion(gitHubVersion)
 	currentSemVer := semver.SemVersion(mizu.SemVer)
+	if !gitHubVersionSemVer.IsValid() || !currentSemVer.IsValid() {
+		logger.Log.Debugf("[ERROR] Semver version is not valid, github version %v, current version %v", gitHubVersion, currentSemVer)
+		versionChan <- ""
+		return
+	}
+
 	logger.Log.Debugf("Finished version validation, github version %v, current version %v, took %v", gitHubVersion, currentSemVer, time.Since(start))
 
 	if gitHubVersionSemVer.GreaterThan(currentSemVer) {
diff --git a/shared/semver/semver.go b/shared/semver/semver.go
index 441b610fb..547db0066 100644
--- a/shared/semver/semver.go
+++ b/shared/semver/semver.go
@@ -6,9 +6,17 @@ import (
 
 type SemVersion string
 
+func (v SemVersion) IsValid() bool {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\d+`)
+	breakdown := re.FindAllString(string(v), 3)
+
+	return len(breakdown) == 3
+}
+
 func (v SemVersion) Breakdown() (string, string, string) {
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\d+`)
 	breakdown := re.FindAllString(string(v), 3)
+
 	return breakdown[0], breakdown[1], breakdown[2]
 }