diff --git a/lib/vows.js b/lib/vows.js
index bd54e18..a446499 100644
--- a/lib/vows.js
+++ b/lib/vows.js
@@ -187,5 +187,6 @@ vows.describe = function (subject) {
 };
 
 
-vows.version = require('fs').readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'))
-                            .toString().match(/"version"\s*:\s*"([\d.]+)"/)[1];
+vows.version = JSON.parse(require('fs')
+                          .readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')))
+                          .version