diff --git a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
index 3db0fc7286..42dea4752a 100644
--- a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ VERBOSE=$(V)
 VERBOSE_FAILURE=$(VF)
 
 VERSION={- "$config{full_version}" -}
+VERSION_NUMBER={- "$config{version}" -}
 MAJOR={- $config{major} -}
 MINOR={- $config{minor} -}
 SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER={- $config{shlib_version} -}
@@ -904,7 +905,7 @@ EOF
           #
           my $target = platform->def($args{src});
           my $mkdef = sourcefile('util', 'mkdef.pl');
-          my $ord_ver = $args{intent} eq 'lib' ? ' --version $(VERSION)' : '';
+          my $ord_ver = $args{intent} eq 'lib' ? ' --version $(VERSION_NUMBER)' : '';
           my $ord_name =
               $args{generator}->[1] || basename($args{product}, '.EXE');
           my $case_insensitive =
diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index f88a70f482..0cab39267c 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ BLDDIR={- $config{builddir} -}
 FIPSKEY={- $config{FIPSKEY} -}
 
 VERSION={- "$config{full_version}" -}
+VERSION_NUMBER={- "$config{version}" -}
 MAJOR={- $config{major} -}
 MINOR={- $config{minor} -}
 SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER={- $config{shlib_version} -}
@@ -1305,23 +1306,23 @@ SSLHEADERS={- join(" \\\n" . ' ' x 11,
                    fill_lines(" ", $COLUMNS - 11, sort keys %sslheaders)) -}
 
 renumber: build_generated
-	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION) --no-warnings \
+	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION_NUMBER) --no-warnings \
                 --ordinals $(SRCDIR)/util/libcrypto.num \
                 --symhacks $(SRCDIR)/include/openssl/symhacks.h \
                 --renumber \
                 $(CRYPTOHEADERS)
-	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION) --no-warnings \
+	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION_NUMBER) --no-warnings \
                 --ordinals $(SRCDIR)/util/libssl.num \
                 --symhacks $(SRCDIR)/include/openssl/symhacks.h \
                 --renumber \
                 $(SSLHEADERS)
 
 ordinals: build_generated
-	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION) --no-warnings \
+	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION_NUMBER) --no-warnings \
                 --ordinals $(SRCDIR)/util/libcrypto.num \
                 --symhacks $(SRCDIR)/include/openssl/symhacks.h \
                 $(CRYPTOHEADERS)
-	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION) --no-warnings \
+	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mknum.pl --version $(VERSION_NUMBER) --no-warnings \
                 --ordinals $(SRCDIR)/util/libssl.num \
                 --symhacks $(SRCDIR)/include/openssl/symhacks.h \
                 $(SSLHEADERS)
@@ -1529,7 +1530,7 @@ EOF
           #
           my $target = platform->def($args{src});
           (my $mkdef_os = $target{shared_target}) =~ s|-shared$||;
-          my $ord_ver = $args{intent} eq 'lib' ? ' --version $(VERSION)' : '';
+          my $ord_ver = $args{intent} eq 'lib' ? ' --version $(VERSION_NUMBER)' : '';
           my $ord_name = $args{generator}->[1] || $args{product};
           return <<"EOF";
 $target: $gen0 $deps \$(SRCDIR)/util/mkdef.pl
diff --git a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
index 26357c75bc..d6dc008ba7 100644
--- a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BLDDIR={- $config{builddir} -}
 FIPSKEY={- $config{FIPSKEY} -}
 
 VERSION={- "$config{full_version}" -}
+VERSION_NUMBER={- "$config{version}" -}
 MAJOR={- $config{major} -}
 MINOR={- $config{minor} -}
 
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ EOF
           my $mkdef = abs2rel(rel2abs(catfile($config{sourcedir},
                                               "util", "mkdef.pl")),
                               rel2abs($config{builddir}));
-          my $ord_ver = $args{intent} eq 'lib' ? ' --version $(VERSION)' : '';
+          my $ord_ver = $args{intent} eq 'lib' ? ' --version $(VERSION_NUMBER)' : '';
           my $ord_name =
               $args{generator}->[1] || platform->dsoname($args{product});
           return <<"EOF";
diff --git a/util/perl/OpenSSL/Ordinals.pm b/util/perl/OpenSSL/Ordinals.pm
index 7e4c008dc2..f6c63d14c4 100644
--- a/util/perl/OpenSSL/Ordinals.pm
+++ b/util/perl/OpenSSL/Ordinals.pm
@@ -623,8 +623,6 @@ sub set_version {
     my $version = shift // '*';
     my $baseversion = shift // '*';
 
-    $version =~ s|-.*||g;
-
     if ($baseversion eq '*') {
         $baseversion = $version;
         if ($baseversion ne '*') {