diff --git a/crates/tracel-xtask/src/commands/publish.rs b/crates/tracel-xtask/src/commands/publish.rs
index ab5c4b7..8ebe5f3 100644
--- a/crates/tracel-xtask/src/commands/publish.rs
+++ b/crates/tracel-xtask/src/commands/publish.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{env, process::Command, str};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Ok};
 
-use crate::{endgroup, group, utils::process::run_process};
+use crate::{endgroup, group, utils::{cargo::parse_cargo_search_output, process::run_process}};
 
 // Crates.io API token
 const CRATES_IO_API_TOKEN: &str = "CRATES_IO_API_TOKEN";
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ fn local_version(crate_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
     Ok(local_version.trim_end().to_string())
 }
 
-// Obtain remote crate version
+
+// Obtain the crate version from crates.io
 fn remote_version(crate_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Option<String>> {
     // Obtain remote crate version contained in cargo search data
     let cargo_search_output = Command::new("cargo")
@@ -64,19 +65,19 @@ fn remote_version(crate_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Option<String>> {
         .output()
         .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to execute cargo search: {}", e))?;
     // Cargo search returns an empty string in case of a crate not present on crates.io
-    if cargo_search_output.stdout.is_empty() {
-        Ok(None)
-    } else {
+    if !cargo_search_output.stdout.is_empty() {
+        let output_str = str::from_utf8(&cargo_search_output.stdout).unwrap();
         // Convert cargo search output into a str
-        let remote_version_str = str::from_utf8(&cargo_search_output.stdout)
-            .expect("Failed to convert cargo search output into a str");
-
-        // Extract only the remote crate version from str
-        Ok(remote_version_str
-            .split_once('=')
-            .and_then(|(_, second)| second.trim_start().split_once(' '))
-            .map(|(s, _)| s.trim_matches('"').to_string()))
+        // as cargo search does not support exact match only we need to make sure that the
+        // result returned by cargo search is indeed the crate that we are looking for and not
+        // a crate whose name contains the name of the crate we are looking for.
+        if let Some((name, version)) = parse_cargo_search_output(output_str) {
+            if name == crate_name {
+                return Ok(Some(version.to_string()));
+            }
+        }
     }
+    Ok(None)
 }
 
 fn publish(crate_name: String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
diff --git a/crates/tracel-xtask/src/utils/cargo.rs b/crates/tracel-xtask/src/utils/cargo.rs
index 71aa0d8..c298212 100644
--- a/crates/tracel-xtask/src/utils/cargo.rs
+++ b/crates/tracel-xtask/src/utils/cargo.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::process::Command;
 
 use anyhow::Ok;
+use regex::Regex;
 
 use crate::{endgroup, group, utils::process::run_process};
 
@@ -47,3 +48,34 @@ pub fn is_cargo_crate_installed(crate_name: &str) -> bool {
     let output_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
     output_str.lines().any(|line| line.contains(crate_name))
 }
+
+pub fn parse_cargo_search_output(output: &str) -> Option<(&str, &str)> {
+    let re = Regex::new(r#"(?P<name>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\s*=\s*"(?P<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)""#)
+        .expect("should compile regex");
+    if let Some(captures) = re.captures(output) {
+        let name = captures.name("name");
+        let version = captures.name("version");
+        if name.is_some() && version.is_some() {
+            return Some((name.unwrap().as_str(), version.unwrap().as_str()));
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use rstest::rstest;
+
+    #[rstest]
+    #[case::valid_input("tracel-xtask-macros = \"1.0.1\"", Some(("tracel-xtask-macros", "1.0.1")))]
+    #[case::missing_version("tracel-xtask-macros =", None)]
+    #[case::invalid_format("tracel-xtask-macros: \"1.0.1\"", None)]
+    #[case::extra_whitespace("   tracel-xtask-macros    =    \"1.0.1\"  ", Some(("tracel-xtask-macros", "1.0.1")))]
+    #[case::no_quotes("tracel-xtask-macros = 1.0.1", None)]
+    #[case::wrong_version_format("tracel-xtask-macros = \"1.0\"", None)]
+    fn test_parse_cargo_search_output(#[case] input: &str, #[case] expected: Option<(&str, &str)>) {
+        let result = parse_cargo_search_output(input);
+        assert_eq!(result, expected);
+    }
+}