diff --git a/scripts/update-version-workflow.py b/scripts/update-version-workflow.py
index cebcbf1b4..bb3d8c83e 100644
--- a/scripts/update-version-workflow.py
+++ b/scripts/update-version-workflow.py
@@ -1,44 +1,27 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from datetime import datetime
-# import urllib.request
-
-# response = urllib.request.urlopen('https://blackjack4494.github.io/youtube-dlc/update/LATEST_VERSION')
-# _LATEST_VERSION = response.read().decode('utf-8')
 
 exec(compile(open('youtube_dlc/version.py').read(), 'youtube_dlc/version.py', 'exec'))
 
 _LATEST_VERSION = locals()['__version__']
 
-_OLD_VERSION = _LATEST_VERSION.rsplit("-", 1)
+_OLD_VERSION = _LATEST_VERSION.replace('-', '.').split(".", 4)
 
-if len(_OLD_VERSION) > 0:
-    old_ver = _OLD_VERSION[0]
+old_ver = '.'.join(_OLD_VERSION[:3])
+old_rev = _OLD_VERSION[3] if len(_OLD_VERSION) > 3 else ''
 
-old_rev = ''
-if len(_OLD_VERSION) > 1:
-    old_rev = _OLD_VERSION[1]
+ver = datetime.now().strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
+rev = str(int(old_rev or 0) + 1) if old_ver == ver else ''
 
-now = datetime.now()
-# ver = f'{datetime.today():%Y.%m.%d}'
-ver = now.strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
-rev = ''
-
-if old_ver == ver:
-    if old_rev:
-        rev = int(old_rev) + 1
-    else:
-        rev = 1
-
-_SEPARATOR = '-'
-
-version = _SEPARATOR.join(filter(None, [ver, str(rev)]))
+version = '.'.join((ver, rev)) if rev else ver
 
 print('::set-output name=ytdlc_version::' + version)
 
 file_version_py = open('youtube_dlc/version.py', 'rt')
 data = file_version_py.read()
-data = data.replace(locals()['__version__'], version)
+data = data.replace(_LATEST_VERSION, version)
 file_version_py.close()
+
 file_version_py = open('youtube_dlc/version.py', 'wt')
 file_version_py.write(data)
 file_version_py.close()