diff --git a/vcs2l/clients/git.py b/vcs2l/clients/git.py
index b8022a3..5ccd601 100644
--- a/vcs2l/clients/git.py
+++ b/vcs2l/clients/git.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
+from itertools import takewhile
 from shutil import which
 
 from vcs2l.clients.vcs_base import VcsClientBase
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ def get_git_version(cls):
             prefix = b'git version '
             assert output.startswith(prefix)
             output = output[len(prefix) :].split(maxsplit=1)[0]
-            cls._git_version = [int(x) for x in output.split(b'.') if x != b'windows']
+            cls._git_version = [
+                int(x) for x in takewhile(bytes.isdigit, output.split(b'.'))
+            ]
         return cls._git_version
 
     @staticmethod