diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a4f235c1f..a86e5727dd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ git-check:
 node-check:
 	$(eval MIN_NODE_VERSION_STR := $(shell grep -Eo '"node":.*[0-9.]+"' package.json | sed -n 's/.*[^0-9.]\([0-9.]*\)"/\1/p'))
 	$(eval MIN_NODE_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell echo '$(MIN_NODE_VERSION_STR)' | tr '.' ' ')))
-	$(eval NODE_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell node -v | cut -c2- | tr '.' ' ');))
+	$(eval NODE_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell node -v | cut -c2- | sed 's:-.*::' | tr '.' ' ');))
 	$(eval NPM_MISSING := $(shell hash npm > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo 1))
 	@if [ "$(NODE_VERSION)" -lt "$(MIN_NODE_VERSION)" -o "$(NPM_MISSING)" = "1" ]; then \
 		echo "Forgejo requires Node.js $(MIN_NODE_VERSION_STR) or greater and npm to build. You can get it at https://nodejs.org/en/download/"; \