diff --git a/commands/command_utils.py b/commands/command_utils.py
index 338978dd64..4f6f99eb09 100644
--- a/commands/command_utils.py
+++ b/commands/command_utils.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def check_version(version):
     """
     if not re.match(VERSION_REGEX, version):
         raise CommandError('Unexpected format of target version: {}'.format(version))
-    return version.split('.')[0]
+    return version.split('.')
 
 
 def get_major_version(version):