diff --git a/bin/make_changelog.py b/bin/make_changelog.py
index 03e79a6b0..e3f1a3cc3 100755
--- a/bin/make_changelog.py
+++ b/bin/make_changelog.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 IGNORE_RES = [
     r"^Add .* to contributors$",
-    r"^Start v\d+.\d+-DEV development$",
-    r"^Version v\d.\d+$",
+    r"^Start v\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?-DEV development$",
+    r"^Version v\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?$",
 ]
 
 IGNORE_RE = re.compile("(?:" + "|".join(IGNORE_RES) + ")")