diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f2fa1677..4b204538 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -10090,7 +10090,7 @@ function parse(commitMessage, body, branchName, mainBranch, lookup, getScore) {
     var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f, _g, _h;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const bumpFragment = commitMessage.match(/^Bumps .* from (?<from>v?\d[^ ]*) to (?<to>v?\d[^ ]*)\.$/m);
-        const updateFragment = commitMessage.match(/^Update .* requirement from \S*? ?(?<from>v?\d[^ ]*) to \S*? ?(?<to>v?\d[^ ]*)$/m);
+        const updateFragment = commitMessage.match(/^Update .* requirement from \S*? ?(?<from>v?\d\S*) to \S*? ?(?<to>v?\d\S*)$/m);
         const yamlFragment = commitMessage.match(/^-{3}\n(?<dependencies>[\S|\s]*?)\n^\.{3}\n/m);
         const newMaintainer = !!body.match(/Maintainer changes/m);
         const lookupFn = lookup !== null && lookup !== void 0 ? lookup : (() => Promise.resolve({ alertState: '', ghsaId: '', cvss: 0 }));
diff --git a/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts b/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts
index f1f1f1c3..244f2ac6 100644
--- a/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts
+++ b/src/dependabot/update_metadata.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface scoreLookup {
 
 export async function parse (commitMessage: string, body: string, branchName: string, mainBranch: string, lookup?: alertLookup, getScore?: scoreLookup): Promise<Array<updatedDependency>> {
   const bumpFragment = commitMessage.match(/^Bumps .* from (?<from>v?\d[^ ]*) to (?<to>v?\d[^ ]*)\.$/m)
-  const updateFragment = commitMessage.match(/^Update .* requirement from \S*? ?(?<from>v?\d[^ ]*) to \S*? ?(?<to>v?\d[^ ]*)$/m)
+  const updateFragment = commitMessage.match(/^Update .* requirement from \S*? ?(?<from>v?\d\S*) to \S*? ?(?<to>v?\d\S*)$/m)
   const yamlFragment = commitMessage.match(/^-{3}\n(?<dependencies>[\S|\s]*?)\n^\.{3}\n/m)
   const newMaintainer = !!body.match(/Maintainer changes/m)
   const lookupFn = lookup ?? (() => Promise.resolve({ alertState: '', ghsaId: '', cvss: 0 }))
diff --git a/src/main.test.ts b/src/main.test.ts
index 33420a67..f0fbeda1 100644
--- a/src/main.test.ts
+++ b/src/main.test.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ test('it sets the updated dependency as an output for subsequent actions when th
 test('it sets the updated dependency as an output for subsequent actions when given a commit message for library', async () => {
   const mockCommitMessage =
     'Update rubocop requirement from ~> 1.30.1 to ~> 1.31.0\n' +
+    '\n' +
     'Updates the requirements on [rubocop](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop) to permit the latest version.\n' +
     '- [Release notes](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/releases)\n' +
     '- [Changelog](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)\n' +