diff --git a/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm b/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm
index 45a4e11..84b465a 100644
--- a/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm
+++ b/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ package Pkgcraft::Version {
 
   sub parse {
     my $str = shift // die "missing version string";
-    my $ptr = C::pkgcraft_version_parse($str);
-    return defined($ptr);
+    return ($str eq C::pkgcraft_version_parse($str));
   }
 
   sub revision {