diff --git a/administrator/components/com_installer/views/languages/tmpl/default.php b/administrator/components/com_installer/views/languages/tmpl/default.php
index 1ee670c771f48..801524dffc70d 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_installer/views/languages/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_installer/views/languages/tmpl/default.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 						<td class="center">
 								<?php $minorVersion = $version::MAJOR_VERSION . '.' . $version::MINOR_VERSION; ?>
 								<?php // Display a Note if language pack version is not equal to Joomla version ?>
-								<?php if (substr($language->version, 0, 3) != $minorVersion || substr($language->version, 0, 5) != $currentShortVersion) : ?>
+								<?php if (strpos($language->version, $minorVersion) !== 0 || strpos($language->version, $currentShortVersion) !== 0) : ?>
 									<span class="label label-warning hasTooltip" title="<?php echo JText::_('JGLOBAL_LANGUAGE_VERSION_NOT_PLATFORM'); ?>"><?php echo $language->version; ?></span>
 								<?php else : ?>
 									<span class="label label-success"><?php echo $language->version; ?></span>
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_languages/views/installed/tmpl/default.php b/administrator/components/com_languages/views/installed/tmpl/default.php
index dcbad173ea007..e445862fd180c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_languages/views/installed/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_languages/views/installed/tmpl/default.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 					<td class="center small">
 					<?php $minorVersion = $version::MAJOR_VERSION . '.' . $version::MINOR_VERSION; ?>
 					<?php // Display a Note if language pack version is not equal to Joomla version ?>
-					<?php if (substr($row->version, 0, 3) != $minorVersion || substr($row->version, 0, 5) != $currentShortVersion) : ?>
+					<?php if (strpos($row->version, $minorVersion) !== 0 || strpos($row->version, $currentShortVersion) !== 0) : ?>
 						<span class="label label-warning hasTooltip" title="<?php echo JText::_('JGLOBAL_LANGUAGE_VERSION_NOT_PLATFORM'); ?>"><?php echo $row->version; ?></span>
 					<?php else : ?>
 						<span class="label label-success"><?php echo $row->version; ?></span>