diff --git a/lib/common/models/wp_item/versionable.rb b/lib/common/models/wp_item/versionable.rb
index 4b61d323..e25eb238 100755
--- a/lib/common/models/wp_item/versionable.rb
+++ b/lib/common/models/wp_item/versionable.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class WpItem
         # This check is needed because readme_url can return nil
         if has_readme?
           response = Browser.get(readme_url)
-          @version = response.body[%r{(?:stable tag|version): #{WpVersion.version_pattern}}i, 1]
+          @version = response.body[%r{(?:stable tag|version): ([0-9.]+)}i, 1]
         end
       end
       @version
diff --git a/spec/samples/common/models/wp_item/versionable/s2member.txt b/spec/samples/common/models/wp_item/versionable/s2member.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..284e00fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/samples/common/models/wp_item/versionable/s2member.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version: 141007
+Stable tag: 141007
+
+Tested up to: 4.0
+Requires at least: 3.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/shared_examples/wp_item_versionable.rb b/spec/shared_examples/wp_item_versionable.rb
index d9e4c47f..afe8fa80 100644
--- a/spec/shared_examples/wp_item_versionable.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_examples/wp_item_versionable.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ shared_examples 'WpItem::Versionable' do
             @expected = '5.1.15'
           end
         end
+
+        context 'when version is in a release date format' do
+          it 'detects and returns it' do
+            @file     = '/s2member.txt'
+            @expected = '141007'
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end