diff --git a/controllers/apps/componentversion_controller.go b/controllers/apps/componentversion_controller.go
index 89e6c69c048..978db976609 100644
--- a/controllers/apps/componentversion_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/apps/componentversion_controller.go
@@ -471,12 +471,12 @@ func serviceVersionToCompDefinitions(ctx context.Context, cli client.Reader,
 
 // compatibleServiceVersions4Definition returns all service versions that are compatible with specified component definition.
 func compatibleServiceVersions4Definition(compDef *appsv1.ComponentDefinition, compVersion *appsv1.ComponentVersion) sets.Set[string] {
-	prefixMatch := func(prefix string) bool {
-		return strings.HasPrefix(compDef.Name, prefix)
+	match := func(pattern string) bool {
+		return component.PrefixOrRegexMatched(compDef.Name, pattern)
 	}
 	releases := make(map[string]bool, 0)
 	for _, rule := range compVersion.Spec.CompatibilityRules {
-		if slices.IndexFunc(rule.CompDefs, prefixMatch) >= 0 {
+		if slices.IndexFunc(rule.CompDefs, match) >= 0 {
 			for _, release := range rule.Releases {
 				releases[release] = true
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/component/component_version.go b/pkg/controller/component/component_version.go
index 9fe96335325..58d05c787d9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/component/component_version.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/component/component_version.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func checkNMergeImages(serviceVersion string, appsInDef, appsInVer map[string]ap
 		if len(ver.name) == 0 {
 			match, err := CompareServiceVersion(serviceVersion, def.version)
 			if err != nil {
-				def.err = err
+				def.err = fmt.Errorf("failed to compare service version (service version: %s, def version: %s): %w", serviceVersion, def.version, err)
 			}
 			if !match && def.required {
 				def.err = fmt.Errorf("no matched image found for container %s with required version %s", name, serviceVersion)