diff --git a/bucket/neovim-nightly.json b/bucket/neovim-nightly.json
index c58c9033b4a..a291ba02f61 100644
--- a/bucket/neovim-nightly.json
+++ b/bucket/neovim-nightly.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     "checkver": {
         "url": "https://api.github.com/repositories/16408992/releases/tags/nightly",
         "jsonpath": "$.body",
-        "regex": "NVIM v([\\d.]+)-dev-([a-f\\d]+)",
-        "replace": "${1}-${2}"
+        "regex": "NVIM v((\\d+\\.)+\\d+)-dev-([a-f\\d]+)",
+        "replace": "${1}-${3}"
     },
     "autoupdate": {
         "architecture": {