diff --git a/extension/src/flow-cli/cli-provider.ts b/extension/src/flow-cli/cli-provider.ts
index 38286657..a5b2181a 100644
--- a/extension/src/flow-cli/cli-provider.ts
+++ b/extension/src/flow-cli/cli-provider.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const CHECK_FLOW_CLI_CMD_NO_JSON = (flowCommand: string): string => `${flowComma
 const KNOWN_BINS = ['flow', 'flow-c1']
 
 const CADENCE_V1_CLI_REGEX = /-cadence-v1.0.0/g
+const LEGACY_VERSION_REGEXP = /Version:\s*(v?(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(\s|$)/m
 
 export interface CliBinary {
   name: string
@@ -118,14 +119,17 @@ export class CliProvider {
   async #fetchBinaryInformationOld (bin: string): Promise<CliBinary | null> {
     try {
       // Get user's version informaton
-      const buffer: string = (await execDefault(CHECK_FLOW_CLI_CMD_NO_JSON(
+      const output = (await execDefault(CHECK_FLOW_CLI_CMD_NO_JSON(
         bin
-      ))).stdout
+      )))
 
-      // Format version string from output
-      let versionStr: string | null = parseFlowCliVersion(buffer)
+      let versionStr: string | null = parseFlowCliVersion(output.stdout)
+      if (versionStr === null) {
+        // Try to fallback to stderr as patch for bugged version
+        versionStr = parseFlowCliVersion(output.stderr)
+      }
 
-      versionStr = semver.clean(versionStr)
+      versionStr = versionStr != null ? semver.clean(versionStr) : null
       if (versionStr === null) return null
 
       // Ensure user has a compatible version number installed
@@ -181,6 +185,6 @@ export function isCadenceV1Cli (version: semver.SemVer): boolean {
   return CADENCE_V1_CLI_REGEX.test(version.raw)
 }
 
-export function parseFlowCliVersion (buffer: Buffer | string): string {
-  return (buffer.toString().split('\n')[0]).split(' ')[1]
+export function parseFlowCliVersion (buffer: Buffer | string): string | null {
+  return buffer.toString().match(LEGACY_VERSION_REGEXP)?.[1] ?? null
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 699d1774..f75e1c84 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "cadence",
-	"version": "2.3.0",
+	"version": "2.3.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "cadence",
-			"version": "2.3.0",
+			"version": "2.3.1",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@onflow/cadence-parser": "^0.42.1",
 				"@onflow/decode": "0.0.11",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc176932..ea22849d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"displayName": "Cadence",
 	"publisher": "onflow",
 	"description": "This extension integrates Cadence, the resource-oriented smart contract programming language of Flow, into Visual Studio Code.",
-	"version": "2.3.0",
+	"version": "2.3.1",
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",
 		"url": "https://github.com/onflow/vscode-cadence.git"