diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/maven.yaml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/maven.yaml
index 0336fa2d..efd792ba 100644
--- a/updatecli/updatecli.d/maven.yaml
+++ b/updatecli/updatecli.d/maven.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sources:
       username: "{{ .github.username }}"
       versioning:
         kind: semver
-        pattern: "~3"
+        pattern: "3.(\\d{1,2}).(\\d{1,2})$"
     transformers:
       - trimprefix: "maven-"