diff --git a/art/attacks/evasion/adversarial_patch/adversarial_patch_pytorch.py b/art/attacks/evasion/adversarial_patch/adversarial_patch_pytorch.py
index 891e872481..3d314b6c83 100644
--- a/art/attacks/evasion/adversarial_patch/adversarial_patch_pytorch.py
+++ b/art/attacks/evasion/adversarial_patch/adversarial_patch_pytorch.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import math
+from packaging.version import parse
 from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ def __init__(
         import torch
         import torchvision
 
-        torch_version = list(map(int, torch.__version__.lower().split("+", maxsplit=1)[0].split(".")))
-        torchvision_version = list(map(int, torchvision.__version__.lower().split("+", maxsplit=1)[0].split(".")))
+        torch_version = list(parse(torch.__version__.lower()).release)
+        torchvision_version = list(parse(torchvision.__version__.lower()).release)
         assert (
             torch_version[0] >= 1 and torch_version[1] >= 7 or (torch_version[0] >= 2)
         ), "AdversarialPatchPyTorch requires torch>=1.7.0"
diff --git a/art/attacks/evasion/pixel_threshold.py b/art/attacks/evasion/pixel_threshold.py
index d994dcee4c..820af9151e 100644
--- a/art/attacks/evasion/pixel_threshold.py
+++ b/art/attacks/evasion/pixel_threshold.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import logging
 from itertools import product
+from packaging.version import parse
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 import scipy
 from scipy._lib._util import check_random_state
 
-scipy_version = list(map(int, scipy.__version__.lower().split(".")))
+scipy_version = list(parse(scipy.__version__.lower()).release)
 if scipy_version[1] >= 8:
     from scipy.optimize._optimize import _status_message
 else:
diff --git a/art/estimators/object_detection/pytorch_object_detector.py b/art/estimators/object_detection/pytorch_object_detector.py
index 49bb14c15d..6f9ccd05c0 100644
--- a/art/estimators/object_detection/pytorch_object_detector.py
+++ b/art/estimators/object_detection/pytorch_object_detector.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+from packaging.version import parse
 from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ def __init__(
         import torch
         import torchvision
 
-        torch_version = list(map(int, torch.__version__.lower().split("+", maxsplit=1)[0].split(".")))
-        torchvision_version = list(map(int, torchvision.__version__.lower().split("+", maxsplit=1)[0].split(".")))
+        torch_version = list(parse(torch.__version__.lower()).release)
+        torchvision_version = list(parse(torchvision.__version__.lower()).release)
         assert not (torch_version[0] == 1 and (torch_version[1] == 8 or torch_version[1] == 9)), (
             "PyTorchObjectDetector does not support torch==1.8 and torch==1.9 because of "
             "https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues/4153. Support will return for torch==1.10."