diff --git a/docs/input/docs/reference/custom-formatting.md b/docs/input/docs/reference/custom-formatting.md
index c970fea342..a4bae75162 100644
--- a/docs/input/docs/reference/custom-formatting.md
+++ b/docs/input/docs/reference/custom-formatting.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ assembly-informational-format: "{Major}.{Minor}.{Patch:F2}-{PreReleaseLabel}"
 - `C` or `c` (Currency): `{Major:C}` → `"¤1.00"`
 - `P` or `p` (Percent): `{CommitsSinceVersionSource:P}` → `"12,345.60 %"`
 - `D` or `d` (Decimal): `{Major:D4}` → `"0001"`
+- `B` or `b` (Binary): `{Minor:B4}` → `"0101"`
 - `X` or `x` (Hexadecimal): `{Patch:X}` → `"FF"`
 
 ### Date and Time Formatting
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/Formatting/NumericFormatterTests.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/Formatting/NumericFormatterTests.cs
index 9b466ead53..e3cecaba18 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/Formatting/NumericFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/Formatting/NumericFormatterTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitVersion.Formatting;
+using GitVersion.Formatting;
 
 namespace GitVersion.Tests.Formatting;
 
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ public void TryFormat_NullValue_ReturnsFalse()
     [TestCase("1234.5678", "f2", "1234.57")]
     [TestCase("1234.5678", "f0", "1235")]
     [TestCase("1234.5678", "g", "1234.5678")]
+    [TestCase("1234", "d8", "00001234")]
+    [TestCase("1234", "x8", "000004d2")]
+    [TestCase("12", "b8", "00001100")]
     public void TryFormat_ValidFormats_ReturnsExpectedResult(string input, string format, string expected)
     {
         var sut = new NumericFormatter();
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/Formatting/NumericFormatter.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/Formatting/NumericFormatter.cs
index 14b1f791a3..bb5a296ccc 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/Formatting/NumericFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/Formatting/NumericFormatter.cs
@@ -14,30 +14,30 @@ public override bool TryFormat(object? value, string format, CultureInfo culture
             return false;
 
         // Integer formatting
-        if (format.All(char.IsDigit) && int.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Integer, cultureInfo, out var i))
+        if (format.All(char.IsDigit) && int.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Integer, cultureInfo, out var integerValue))
         {
-            result = i.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
+            result = integerValue.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
             return true;
         }
 
-        // Hexadecimal formatting
-        if (format.StartsWith("X", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && int.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Integer, cultureInfo, out var hex))
+        // Integer formatting with precision specifier
+        if ("BDX".Contains(char.ToUpperInvariant(format[0])) && int.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Integer, cultureInfo, out var numericValue))
         {
-            result = hex.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
+            result = numericValue.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
             return true;
         }
 
         // Floating point formatting
-        if ("FEGNCP".Contains(char.ToUpperInvariant(format[0])) && double.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Float | NumberStyles.AllowThousands, cultureInfo, out var d))
+        if ("FEGNCP".Contains(char.ToUpperInvariant(format[0])) && double.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Float | NumberStyles.AllowThousands, cultureInfo, out var floatValue))
         {
-            result = d.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
+            result = floatValue.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
             return true;
         }
 
         // Decimal formatting
-        if (decimal.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Any, cultureInfo, out var dec))
+        if (decimal.TryParse(s, NumberStyles.Any, cultureInfo, out var decimalValue))
         {
-            result = dec.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
+            result = decimalValue.ToString(format, cultureInfo);
             return true;
         }