diff --git a/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat b/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
index 8d76e17a7..b694ca349 100755
--- a/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
+++ b/launcher-package/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
@@ -1122,8 +1122,16 @@ echo.
 exit /B 1
 
 :set_sbt_version
-rem set project sbtVersion
-for /F "usebackq tokens=2" %%G in (`CALL "!_JAVACMD!" -jar "!sbt_jar!" "sbtVersion" 2^>^&1`) do set "sbt_version=%%G"
+set "sbt_version="
+for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in (`CALL "!_JAVACMD!" -jar "!sbt_jar!" "sbtVersion" 2^>^&1`) do (
+  if "%%a" == "[info]" (
+    set "_version_candidate=%%b"
+  ) else (
+    set "_version_candidate=%%a"
+  )
+  echo !_version_candidate!| findstr /R "^[0-9][0-9.]*[-+0-9A-Za-z._]*$" >nul && set "sbt_version=!_version_candidate!"
+)
+if not defined sbt_version if defined build_props_sbt_version set "sbt_version=!build_props_sbt_version!"
 exit /B 0
 
 :error