diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 340ea3294..bca31b1f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3689,6 +3689,7 @@ name = "lighthouse_version"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "git-version",
+ "regex",
  "target_info",
 ]
 
diff --git a/common/lighthouse_version/Cargo.toml b/common/lighthouse_version/Cargo.toml
index a9778787a..7da51ea11 100644
--- a/common/lighthouse_version/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/lighthouse_version/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 git-version = "0.3.4"
 target_info = "0.1.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+regex = "1"
diff --git a/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs b/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs
index 7f9d58d05..54b28bec7 100644
--- a/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/lighthouse_version/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use target_info::Target;
 ///
 /// `Lighthouse/v0.2.0-1419501f2+`
 pub const VERSION: &str = git_version!(
-    args = ["--always", "--dirty=+", "--abbrev=7"],
+    args = ["--always", "--dirty=+", "--abbrev=7", "--exclude=*"],
     prefix = "Lighthouse/v1.1.3-",
     fallback = "unknown"
 );
@@ -22,3 +22,16 @@ pub const VERSION: &str = git_version!(
 pub fn version_with_platform() -> String {
     format!("{}/{}-{}", VERSION, Target::arch(), Target::os())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use regex::Regex;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn version_formatting() {
+        let re = Regex::new(r"^Lighthouse/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc.[0-9])?-[[:xdigit:]]{7}\+?$")
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(re.is_match(VERSION), VERSION);
+    }
+}