diff --git a/src/domain/metadata-file.spec.ts b/src/domain/metadata-file.spec.ts
index 17f452f..42d8071 100644
--- a/src/domain/metadata-file.spec.ts
+++ b/src/domain/metadata-file.spec.ts
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ describe("constructor", () => {
         "github:bar/rules_foo"
     ],
     "versions": [
-      "1.0.0-rc1",
       "1.0.0-rc0",
+      "1.0.0-rc1",
       "0.0.1",
       "2.0.0-rc5"
     ],
diff --git a/src/domain/version.spec.ts b/src/domain/version.spec.ts
index 99ec1e3..58d0c48 100644
--- a/src/domain/version.spec.ts
+++ b/src/domain/version.spec.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ describe("compareVersions", () => {
         "0.32.1",
         "0.32.11",
         "2.11.0",
-        "1.0.0-rc1",
         "1.0.0-rc0",
+        "1.0.0-rc1",
         "1.0.0-rc23",
         "1.0.1-rc1",
         "2.10.1",
@@ -69,4 +69,12 @@ describe("compareVersions", () => {
       "x.7.z",
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("should sort string identifiers that begin with a digit after numeric identifiers", () => {
+    expect(
+      ["1.0.0rc1", "1.0.0rc2", "1.0.0rc3", "0.12.0", "1.0.1", "1.1.0"].sort(
+        compareVersions
+      )
+    ).toEqual(["0.12.0", "1.0.1", "1.0.0rc1", "1.0.0rc2", "1.0.0rc3", "1.1.0"]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/domain/version.ts b/src/domain/version.ts
index 4adbae8..9be5e84 100644
--- a/src/domain/version.ts
+++ b/src/domain/version.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ class Identifier {
 
   public constructor(value: string) {
     const numeric = parseInt(value);
-    this.value = isNaN(numeric) ? value : numeric;
+    this.value = /^\d+$/.test(value) ? numeric : value;
   }
 }