diff --git a/common/test/Makefile b/common/test/Makefile
index 3304f2f5f763..2df9e1284cad 100644
--- a/common/test/Makefile
+++ b/common/test/Makefile
@@ -90,4 +90,11 @@ common/test/run-bolt12_merkle-json:			\
 	common/base32.o					\
 	common/wireaddr.o
 
+
+common/test/run-version:				\
+	common/amount.o                                 \
+	wire/fromwire.o					\
+	wire/towire.o
+
+
 check-units: $(COMMON_TEST_PROGRAMS:%=unittest/%)
diff --git a/common/test/run-version.c b/common/test/run-version.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e04b4cb061a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/run-version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "config.h"
+#include "../version.c"
+#include <common/setup.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	common_setup(argv[0]);
+
+	assert(cmp_release_version("v22.11"));
+	assert(cmp_release_version("v22.11.1"));
+	assert(cmp_release_version("v22.11.1-6-gdf29990-modded") == false);
+
+	common_shutdown();
+}
diff --git a/common/version.c b/common/version.c
index e64bc2595799..80869b7f20fe 100644
--- a/common/version.c
+++ b/common/version.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include <ccan/compiler/compiler.h>
+#include <ccan/tal/str/str.h>
 #include <common/version.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 /* Only common/version.c can safely include this.  */
 # include "version_gen.h"
@@ -20,3 +22,14 @@ char *version_and_exit(const void *unused UNUSED)
 	}
 	exit(0);
 }
+
+static bool cmp_release_version(const char *version) {
+	const char *regex = "^v\\d{2}.\\d{2}(.\\d{1, 3})?$";
+	return tal_strreg(NULL, version, regex);
+}
+
+/* Released versions are of form v[year].[month]?(.patch)* */
+bool is_released_version(void)
+{
+	return cmp_release_version(version());
+}
diff --git a/common/version.h b/common/version.h
index b2db426dfd0a..90b7c824d12b 100644
--- a/common/version.h
+++ b/common/version.h
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef LIGHTNING_COMMON_VERSION_H
 #define LIGHTNING_COMMON_VERSION_H
 #include "config.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 char *version_and_exit(const void *unused);
 const char *version(void);
+/* check if the current version is a release version.
+ *
+ * Released versions are of form v[year].[month]?(.patch)* */
+bool is_released_version(void);
 
 #define opt_register_version()						\
 	opt_register_early_noarg("--version|-V", version_and_exit, NULL, \
diff --git a/wallet/db.c b/wallet/db.c
index 5286d8cc12f0..4a45167f5fda 100644
--- a/wallet/db.c
+++ b/wallet/db.c
@@ -945,14 +945,6 @@ static struct migration dbmigrations[] = {
     /* FIXME: Remove payments local_offer_id column! */
 };
 
-/* Released versions are of form v{num}[.{num}]* */
-static bool is_released_version(void)
-{
-	if (version()[0] != 'v')
-		return false;
-	return strcspn(version()+1, ".0123456789") == strlen(version()+1);
-}
-
 /**
  * db_migrate - Apply all remaining migrations from the current version
  */