diff --git a/modules/nf-commons/src/main/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdater.groovy b/modules/nf-commons/src/main/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdater.groovy
index 2de6229cfe..df4f1a4348 100644
--- a/modules/nf-commons/src/main/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdater.groovy
+++ b/modules/nf-commons/src/main/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdater.groovy
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import org.pf4j.util.FileUtils
 @CompileStatic
 class PluginUpdater extends UpdateManager {
 
-    static final Pattern META_REGEX = ~/(.+)-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-meta\.json/
+    static final public Pattern META_REGEX = ~/(.+)-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\S*)-meta\.json/
 
     private CustomPluginManager pluginManager
 
diff --git a/modules/nf-commons/src/test/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdaterTest.groovy b/modules/nf-commons/src/test/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdaterTest.groovy
index 7a64f55dc7..8e8420d422 100644
--- a/modules/nf-commons/src/test/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdaterTest.groovy
+++ b/modules/nf-commons/src/test/nextflow/plugin/PluginUpdaterTest.groovy
@@ -385,4 +385,21 @@ class PluginUpdaterTest extends Specification {
         'nf-amazon'     | '1.1.0'       | '1.0.0'   | true
 
     }
+
+    @Unroll
+    def 'should match meta file name' () {
+        when:
+        def matcher = PluginUpdater.META_REGEX.matcher(FILE_NAME)
+        then:
+        matcher.matches() == EXPECTED
+        !EXPECTED || matcher.group(1) == PLUGIN
+        
+        where:
+        FILE_NAME                               | EXPECTED  | PLUGIN
+        'foo'                                   | false     | null
+        'foo.json'                              | false     | null
+        'nf-foo-1.0.0-meta.json'                | true      | 'nf-foo'
+        'xpack-google-1.0.0-beta.3-meta.json'   | true      | 'xpack-google'
+
+    }
 }