diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19c8a90a..afd96122 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# [0.4.4] 2021-01-17
+
+### Fixed
+- `release_date` search pattern now looks for a specific date format, guarding
+  it against similar matches that could be found in the description, thanks
+  @noahsager.
+
+
 # [0.4.3] 2021-01-17
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/beetsplug/bandcamp/_metaguru.py b/beetsplug/bandcamp/_metaguru.py
index 14e9a257..762eac1c 100644
--- a/beetsplug/bandcamp/_metaguru.py
+++ b/beetsplug/bandcamp/_metaguru.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "country": re.compile(r'location\ssecondaryText">(?:[\w\s]*, )?([\w\s,]+){1,4}'),
     "label": re.compile(r'og:site_name".*content="([^"]*)"'),
     "lyrics": re.compile(r'"lyrics":({[^}]*})'),
-    "release_date": re.compile(r" released (.*)"),
+    "release_date": re.compile(r"released ([\d]{2} [A-Z][a-z]+ [\d]{4})"),
     "track_name": re.compile(
         r"""
 ((?P<track_alt>[ABCDEFGH]{1,3}\d\d?)[^\w]*)?
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ def parse_catalognum(album: str, disctitle: str) -> str:
 
         return ""
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_release_date(string: str) -> str:
+        match = re.search(PATTERNS["release_date"], string)
+        return match.groups()[0] if match else ""
+
 
 class Metaguru(Helpers):
     html: str
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ def lyrics(self) -> Optional[str]:
 
     @property
     def release_date(self) -> date:
-        datestr = self._search(PATTERNS["release_date"])
+        datestr = self.parse_release_date(self.html)
         return datetime.strptime(datestr, DATE_FORMAT).date()
 
     @property
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b40ee49..aef7340a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "beetcamp"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 description = "Bandcamp autotagger source for beets (http://beets.io)."
 authors = ["Šarūnas Nejus <snejus@pm.me>"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_parsing.py b/tests/test_parsing.py
index 4bee8de3..e8f52045 100644
--- a/tests/test_parsing.py
+++ b/tests/test_parsing.py
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ def test_convert_title(title, expected):
     assert urlify(title) == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("string", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("released 06 November 2019", "06 November 2019"),
+        ("released on Some Records", ""),
+    ],
+)
+def test_parse_release_date(string, expected):
+    assert Metaguru.parse_release_date(string) == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("name", "expected"),
     [