diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake
index c7b134d4229..fa0b22cd316 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_parse_version_h.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ function(cgal_parse_version_h version_h_file name)
   # CMAKE_MATCH_3 and CMAKE_MATCH_4 corresponds to the two sub-expressions
   # of the alternative, and cannot be non-empty at the same time.
   set(${ARGV2} "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}${CMAKE_MATCH_4}" PARENT_SCOPE) # major version
-  set(${ARGV3} "${CMAKE_MATCH_5}" PARENT_SCOPE)                 # minor version
+  MATH(EXPR ${ARGV3} "${CMAKE_MATCH_5}")        # minor version without leading 0
+  set(${ARGV3} "${${ARGV3}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
   set(${ARGV4} "${CMAKE_MATCH_6}" PARENT_SCOPE)                 # patch number
   set(${ARGV5} "${CMAKE_MATCH_7}" PARENT_SCOPE)                 # build number
 endfunction()