diff --git a/bin/ghe-host-check b/bin/ghe-host-check
index 45fd9ce7b..c1713314a 100755
--- a/bin/ghe-host-check
+++ b/bin/ghe-host-check
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
   exit $rc
 fi
 
-version=$(echo "$output" | sed -E -n 's/GitHub Enterprise( Server)? version (.*)/\2/p')
+version=$(echo "$output" | grep "GitHub Enterprise" | awk '{print $NF}')
 
 if [ -z "$version" ]; then
   echo "Error: failed to parse version on '$host' or this isn't a GitHub appliance." 1>&2