diff --git a/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/qtplasmac_handler.py b/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/qtplasmac_handler.py
index ef24ca21ccc..42a2552dbcf 100644
--- a/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/qtplasmac_handler.py
+++ b/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/qtplasmac_handler.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = '001.012'
+VERSION = '001.013'
 LCNCVER = '2.10'
 DOCSVER = LCNCVER
 
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ def __init__(self, halcomp, widgets, paths):
 
 # called by qtvcp.py
     def initialized__(self):
-        if linuxcnc.version.rsplit('.', 1)[0] != LCNCVER:
+        if '.'.join(linuxcnc.version.split('.')[:2]) != LCNCVER:
             msg0 = _translate('HandlerClass', 'LinuxCNC version should be')
             msg1 = _translate('HandlerClass', 'The detected version is')
-            STATUS.emit('error', linuxcnc.OPERATOR_ERROR, f'{msg0} {LCNCVER}\n{msg1} {linuxcnc.version.rsplit(".", 1)[0]}')
+            STATUS.emit('error', linuxcnc.OPERATOR_ERROR, f'{msg0} {LCNCVER}\n{msg1} {linuxcnc.version.split(".")[:2]}')
             quit()
         ucFile = os.path.join(self.PATHS.CONFIGPATH, 'qtplasmac_custom.py')
         if os.path.isfile(ucFile):
diff --git a/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/versions.html b/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/versions.html
index 09af6394cbe..b23868ebebd 100644
--- a/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/versions.html
+++ b/share/qtvcp/screens/qtplasmac/versions.html
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ <h2>QtPlasmaC Version History - LinuxCNC 2.10</h2>
 </table>
 <br>
 <!--- ****** ADD NEXT VERSION BELOW THIS LINE ****** --->
+<br><b><u>001.013 2023 Dec 13</u></b>
+<ul style="margin:0;">
+  <li>fix parsing linuxcnc version</li>
+</ul>
+
 <br><b><u>001.012 2023 Dec 12</u></b>
 <ul style="margin:0;">
   <li>fix invalid escape sequences</li>