diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackage.java b/core/src/main/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackage.java
index 51d3bd0..2c4e3da 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackage.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackage.java
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ public static Optional<CocoapodsPackage> parse(
     }
 
     String[] nameVersion = artifactoryPackageName.replace(".tar.gz", "")
-        .replaceFirst("(?s)-(?!.*?-)", "!")
-        .split("!");
+        .split("(?s)-[a-zA-Z]*(?!.*?-)");
 
     if (nameVersion.length != 2) {
       LOG.warn("Unexpected Cocoapods package name: {}", artifactoryPackageName);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackageTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackageTest.java
index f38955a..65a0645 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackageTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/snyk/plugins/artifactory/scanner/cocoapods/CocoapodsPackageTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ void parse() {
     assertThat(pckg.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo("1.9.1");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void parse_whenVersionNumberHasVPrefix() {
+    Optional<CocoapodsPackage> pckg = CocoapodsPackage.parse(
+        "libwebp-v1.3.0.tar.gz"
+    );
+
+    assertThat(pckg).isNotEmpty();
+    assertThat(pckg.get().getName()).isEqualTo("libwebp");
+    assertThat(pckg.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo("1.3.0");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void parse_unexpectedPackageName() {
     assertThat(CocoapodsPackage.parse("3.5.1.tar.gz")).isEmpty();