diff --git a/azurerm/helpers/validate/compute.go b/azurerm/helpers/validate/compute.go
index 49bbd89a155d..b7125797f9e6 100644
--- a/azurerm/helpers/validate/compute.go
+++ b/azurerm/helpers/validate/compute.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func SharedImageName(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, es []error) {
 func SharedImageVersionName(v interface{}, k string) (ws []string, es []error) {
 	value := v.(string)
 
-	r, _ := regexp.Compile(`^([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])$`)
+	r, _ := regexp.Compile(`^([0-9]{1,10}\.[0-9]{1,10}\.[0-9]{1,10})$`)
 	if !r.MatchString(value) {
 		es = append(es, fmt.Errorf("Expected %s to be in the format `1.2.3` but got %q.", k, value))
 	}
diff --git a/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go b/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go
index a9ae0ec1835b..e4240a4a90b1 100644
--- a/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go
+++ b/azurerm/resource_arm_shared_image_version_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func TestAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					testCheckAzureRMSharedImageVersionExists(resourceName),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(resourceName, "managed_image_id"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "target_region.#", "2"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "name", "1234567890.1234567890.1234567890"),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ func testAccAzureRMSharedImageVersion_imageVersionUpdated(rInt int, location, al
 %s
 
 resource "azurerm_shared_image_version" "test" {
-  name                = "0.0.1"
+  name                = "1234567890.1234567890.1234567890"
   gallery_name        = "${azurerm_shared_image_gallery.test.name}"
   image_name          = "${azurerm_shared_image.test.name}"
   resource_group_name = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"