diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b235940..aeb0b17c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ if (CLIENT_TESTING)
     find_program(SSH_EXECUTABLE NAMES ssh)
     if (SSH_EXECUTABLE)
         execute_process(COMMAND ${SSH_EXECUTABLE} -V ERROR_VARIABLE OPENSSH_VERSION_STR)
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^OpenSSH_([0-9]).[0-9].*$" "\\1" OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR "${OPENSSH_VERSION_STR}")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "^OpenSSH_[0-9].([0-9]).*$" "\\1" OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENSSH_VERSION_STR}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*OpenSSH_([0-9]).[0-9].*$" "\\1" OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR "${OPENSSH_VERSION_STR}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*OpenSSH_[0-9].([0-9]).*$" "\\1" OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENSSH_VERSION_STR}")
         add_definitions(-DOPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR=${OPENSSH_VERSION_MAJOR} -DOPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR=${OPENSSH_VERSION_MINOR})
     endif()