diff --git a/sqlmodel/_compat.py b/sqlmodel/_compat.py
index 989c09e1c7..d6b98aaca7 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/_compat.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/_compat.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 # Reassign variable to make it reexported for mypy
 PYDANTIC_VERSION = P_VERSION
-PYDANTIC_MINOR_VERSION = tuple(int(i) for i in P_VERSION.split(".", 2)[:2])
-IS_PYDANTIC_V2 = PYDANTIC_MINOR_VERSION[0] >= 2
+PYDANTIC_MINOR_VERSION = tuple(int(i) for i in P_VERSION.split(".")[:2])
+IS_PYDANTIC_V2 = PYDANTIC_MINOR_VERSION[0] == 2
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING: