diff --git a/src/modules/elixir.rs b/src/modules/elixir.rs
index 8d823655e..fa642c085 100644
--- a/src/modules/elixir.rs
+++ b/src/modules/elixir.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ use crate::configs::elixir::ElixirConfig;
 use crate::formatter::StringFormatter;
 
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use regex::Regex;
 use std::ops::Deref;
-const ELIXIR_VERSION_PATTERN: &str = "\
-Erlang/OTP (?P<otp>\\d+)[^\\n]+
-
-Elixir (?P<elixir>\\d[.\\d]+).*";
 
 /// Create a module with the current Elixir version
 pub fn module<'a>(context: &'a Context) -> Option<Module<'a>> {
@@ -73,13 +68,15 @@ fn get_elixir_version(context: &Context) -> Option<(String, String)> {
 }
 
 fn parse_elixir_version(version: &str) -> Option<(String, String)> {
-    let version_regex = Regex::new(ELIXIR_VERSION_PATTERN).ok()?;
-    let captures = version_regex.captures(version)?;
+    let mut lines = version.lines();
+    // split line into ["Erlang/OTP", "22", "[erts-10.5]", ...], take "22"
+    let otp_version = lines.next()?.split_whitespace().nth(1)?;
+    // skip empty line
+    let _ = lines.next()?;
+    // split line into ["Elixir", "1.10", "(compiled", ...], take "1.10"
+    let elixir_version = lines.next()?.split_whitespace().nth(1)?;
 
-    let otp_version = captures["otp"].to_owned();
-    let elixir_version = captures["elixir"].to_owned();
-
-    Some((otp_version, elixir_version))
+    Some((otp_version.to_string(), elixir_version.to_string()))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -92,15 +89,32 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_elixir_version() {
-        const OUTPUT: &str = "\
-Erlang/OTP 22 [erts-10.5] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [ds:8:8:10] [async-threads:1] [hipe]
+        let stable_input = "\
+Erlang/OTP 23 [erts-11.1.7] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1]
 
-Elixir 1.10 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 22)
+Elixir 1.11.3 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 21)
 ";
+        let rc_input = "\
+Erlang/OTP 23 [erts-11.1.7] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1]
 
+Elixir 1.12.0-rc.0 (31d2b99) (compiled with Erlang/OTP 21)
+";
+        let dev_input = "\
+Erlang/OTP 23 [erts-11.1.7] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [ds:8:8:10] [async-threads:1]
+
+Elixir 1.13.0-dev (compiled with Erlang/OTP 23)
+";
         assert_eq!(
-            parse_elixir_version(OUTPUT),
-            Some(("22".to_owned(), "1.10".to_owned()))
+            parse_elixir_version(stable_input),
+            Some(("23".to_string(), "1.11.3".to_string()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_elixir_version(rc_input),
+            Some(("23".to_string(), "1.12.0-rc.0".to_string()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_elixir_version(dev_input),
+            Some(("23".to_string(), "1.13.0-dev".to_string()))
         );
     }