diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/version.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/version.go
index 9eaf4b7818..f4abff6d61 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/version.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/version.go
@@ -148,13 +148,20 @@ func checkAndPrintVersionOutOfDateWarning(curVersion string, dEnv *env.DoltEnv)
 			return errhand.BuildDError("error: failed to read version check file").AddCause(err).Build()
 		}
 
-		latestRelease = string(vCheck)
+		latestRelease = strings.ReplaceAll(string(vCheck), "\n", "")
 		lastCheckDate, _ := dEnv.FS.LastModified(path)
 		if lastCheckDate.Before(time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -7)) {
 			latestRelease, verr = getLatestDoltReleaseAndRecord(path, dEnv)
 			if verr != nil {
 				return verr
 			}
+		} else {
+			if !isVersionFormattedCorrectly(latestRelease) {
+				latestRelease, verr = getLatestDoltReleaseAndRecord(path, dEnv)
+				if verr != nil {
+					return verr
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		latestRelease, verr = getLatestDoltReleaseAndRecord(path, dEnv)
@@ -217,3 +224,20 @@ func isOutOfDate(curVersion, latestRelease string) (bool, errhand.VerboseError)
 
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+// isVersionFormattedCorrectly checks if the given version string is formatted correctly, i.e. is of the form
+// major.minor.patch where each part is an integer.
+func isVersionFormattedCorrectly(version string) bool {
+	versionParts := strings.Split(version, ".")
+	if len(versionParts) != 3 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, part := range versionParts {
+		if _, err := strconv.Atoi(part); err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/no-repo.bats b/integration-tests/bats/no-repo.bats
index ad3fdf0ee8..ed88cb5cc5 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/no-repo.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/no-repo.bats
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ teardown() {
     [[ ! "$output" =~ "Warning: you are on an old version of Dolt" ]] || false
 }
 
+@test "no-repo: dolt version with bad version_check.txt does not print error" {
+    echo "bad version" > $DOLT_ROOT_PATH/.dolt/version_check.txt
+
+    run dolt version
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ ! "$output" =~ "failed to parse version number" ]] || false
+}
+
 # Tests for dolt commands outside of a dolt repository
 NOT_VALID_REPO_ERROR="The current directory is not a valid dolt repository."
 @test "no-repo: dolt status outside of a dolt repository" {