diff --git a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.upgrade.plan.core/src/com/liferay/ide/upgrade/plan/core/internal/TargetVersionValidationService.java b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.upgrade.plan.core/src/com/liferay/ide/upgrade/plan/core/internal/TargetVersionValidationService.java
index 26aecea33b..26d5d076c6 100644
--- a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.upgrade.plan.core/src/com/liferay/ide/upgrade/plan/core/internal/TargetVersionValidationService.java
+++ b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.upgrade.plan.core/src/com/liferay/ide/upgrade/plan/core/internal/TargetVersionValidationService.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ protected Status compute() {
 
 		NewUpgradePlanOp op = context(NewUpgradePlanOp.class);
 
-		Version currentVersion = new Version(get(op.getCurrentVersion()));
-		Version targetVersion = new Version(get(op.getTargetVersion()));
+		Version currentVersion = CoreUtil.parseVersion(get(op.getCurrentVersion()));
+		Version targetVersion = CoreUtil.parseVersion(get(op.getTargetVersion()));
 
 		if (CoreUtil.compareVersions(currentVersion, targetVersion) >= 0) {
 			retval = Status.createErrorStatus("Target version must be greater than current version.");