diff --git a/src/TUI.Engine/Extensions.cs b/src/TUI.Engine/Extensions.cs
index 3f7ed4f..6b1c864 100644
--- a/src/TUI.Engine/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/TUI.Engine/Extensions.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ public static class Extensions
         return stringInfo.LengthInTextElements;
     }
 
+    public static string RemoveVersionPrefix(this string version)
+    {
+        return version.Replace("^", "").Replace("v", "").Replace("~", "");
+    }
+
     public static Version ToVersion(this string textVersion)
     {
-        var version = textVersion.Replace("^", "").Replace("v", "").Replace("~", "").Split(".");
+        var version = textVersion.RemoveVersionPrefix().Split(".");
         var major = Convert.ToInt32(version[0]);
         var minor = Convert.ToInt32(version[1]);
         var patch = Convert.ToInt32(version[2].Split('-')[0]);
diff --git a/src/TUI/Domain/Version.cs b/src/TUI/Domain/Version.cs
index ed61736..1ebb405 100644
--- a/src/TUI/Domain/Version.cs
+++ b/src/TUI/Domain/Version.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using TUI.Controls.Components;
+using TUI.Engine;
 
 namespace TUI.Domain;
 
@@ -8,17 +9,17 @@ public class Version
     public readonly int Minor;
     public readonly int Patch;
     public readonly VersionType Type;
-    
+
     public Version(string version)
     {
         var parts = version.Split('.');
-        
-        Major = Convert.ToInt32(parts[0].Replace("^", "").Replace("~", ""));
+
+        Major = Convert.ToInt32(parts[0].RemoveVersionPrefix());
         Minor = Convert.ToInt32(parts[1]);
         Patch = Convert.ToInt32(string.Join("", parts[2].TakeWhile(char.IsDigit)));
-        
+
         var extension = parts[2].Replace(Patch.ToString(), "");
-        
+
         Type = extension switch
         {
             not null when extension.Contains("rc") => VersionType.Candidate,