diff --git a/src/utils/minecraft-utils.ts b/src/utils/minecraft-utils.ts
index 4037f5c..a807c25 100644
--- a/src/utils/minecraft-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/minecraft-utils.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ export function parseVersionNameFromFileVersion(fileVersion: string): string | n
     }
 }
 
+export function parseVersionName(version: string): string | null {
+    const versionCandidates = [...(version.match(/\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?/g) || [])];
+    return versionCandidates.filter(x => x.startsWith("1."))[0] || null;
+}
+
 export async function getLatestRelease(): Promise<MinecraftVersion | null> {
     return (await getVersions()).find(x => x.isRelease) || null;
 }
diff --git a/test/minecraft-utils.test.ts b/test/minecraft-utils.test.ts
index eaf4dd6..2559e82 100644
--- a/test/minecraft-utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/minecraft-utils.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, test, expect } from "@jest/globals";
-import { getVersionById, findVersionByName, isSnapshot, parseVersionNameFromFileVersion, getVersions, getLatestRelease, getCompatibleBuilds } from "../src/utils/minecraft-utils";
+import { getVersionById, findVersionByName, isSnapshot, parseVersionName, parseVersionNameFromFileVersion, getVersions, getLatestRelease, getCompatibleBuilds } from "../src/utils/minecraft-utils";
 import Version from "../src/utils/version";
 
 describe("getVersionById", () => {
@@ -78,6 +78,27 @@ describe("isSnapshot", () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe("parseVersionName", () => {
+    test("Minecraft versions are parsed correctly", () => {
+        expect(parseVersionName("1.17.1")).toStrictEqual("1.17.1");
+        expect(parseVersionName("1.16.3")).toStrictEqual("1.16.3");
+        expect(parseVersionName("1.17")).toStrictEqual("1.17");
+        expect(parseVersionName("1.16")).toStrictEqual("1.16");
+    });
+
+    test("weird formats that contain Minecraft version are parsed correctly", () => {
+        expect(parseVersionName("1.17-5.0.1-beta+build.29")).toStrictEqual("1.17");
+        expect(parseVersionName("[1.16.5, 1.17)")).toStrictEqual("1.16.5");
+        expect(parseVersionName(">=1.17")).toStrictEqual("1.17");
+    });
+
+    test("null is returned if version string does not contain Minecraft version", () => {
+        expect(parseVersionName("5.0.8-beta+build.111")).toBeNull();
+        expect(parseVersionName("5.3.3-BETA+ec3b0e5d")).toBeNull();
+        expect(parseVersionName("2.0.12")).toBeNull();
+    });
+});
+
 describe("parseVersionNameFromFileVersion", () => {
     test("Sodium-like versions are parsed correctly", () => {
         expect(parseVersionNameFromFileVersion("mc1.17.1-0.3.2+build.7")).toStrictEqual("1.17.1");