diff --git a/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py b/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py
index 8ce77c5..defc26f 100644
--- a/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py
+++ b/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NVRA_RE = re.compile(
     r"^(\S+)-([\w~%.+]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
 )
 NEVRA_RE = re.compile(
-    r"^(\S+)-(\d):([\w~%.+]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
+    r"^(\S+)-(?:(\d)+:)([\w~%.+]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
 )
 EPOCH_RE = re.compile(r"(\d+):")
 DIST_RE = re.compile(r"(\.el\d(?:_\d|))")