diff --git a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalTomcatBundle.java b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalTomcatBundle.java
index ec83aaef13..2594c2bc9a 100644
--- a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalTomcatBundle.java
+++ b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalTomcatBundle.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ private String[] _getRuntimeVMArgs(IVMInstall vmInstall) {
 		args.add("-Dcatalina.base=\"" + bundlePath.toPortableString() + "\"");
 		args.add("-Dcatalina.home=\"" + bundlePath.toPortableString() + "\"");
 
-		Version portalVersion = new Version(getVersion());
+		Version portalVersion = CoreUtil.parseVersion(getVersion());
 
 		if (portalVersion.compareTo(new Version("7.0.0")) > 0) {
 			args.add("-Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048");