diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 269a4be..9f310f1 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ git.baseVersion := "1.0"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.eclipse.jgit" % "org.eclipse.jgit" % "5.13.3.202401111512-r",
-  "com.michaelpollmeier" % "versionsort" % "1.0.17",
+  "com.github.zafarkhaja" % "java-semver" % "0.10.2",
   "org.scalameta" %% "munit" % "1.1.1" % Test
 )
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/sbt/git/GitPlugin.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/sbt/git/GitPlugin.scala
index fe763d7..a5ab3fb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/github/sbt/git/GitPlugin.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/sbt/git/GitPlugin.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.github.sbt.git
 import sbt.*
 import Keys.*
 
+
 /** This plugin has all the basic 'git' functionality for other plugins. */
 object SbtGit {
 
@@ -317,7 +318,12 @@ object SbtGit {
         } yield version
 
       // NOTE - Selecting the last tag or the first tag should be an option.
-      val highestVersion = versions.sortWith { versionsort.VersionHelper.compare(_, _) > 0 }.headOption
+      val highestVersion =
+        versions
+          .map(Version.parse)
+          .sortWith(_.compareTo(_) > 0)
+          .headOption
+
       highestVersion.map(_ + suffix)
     }
 
diff --git a/test-project/project/build.properties b/test-project/project/build.properties
index 8b697bb..ee4c672 100644
--- a/test-project/project/build.properties
+++ b/test-project/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.1.0
+sbt.version=1.10.1