diff --git a/changelog.d/6017.misc b/changelog.d/6017.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2597f2d796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6017.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Adds support for parsing homeserver versions without a patch number
diff --git a/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/api/extensions/Strings.kt b/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/api/extensions/Strings.kt
index 5e1350e327..2a8848e80a 100644
--- a/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/api/extensions/Strings.kt
+++ b/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/api/extensions/Strings.kt
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ fun CharSequence.ensurePrefix(prefix: CharSequence): CharSequence {
  * Append a new line and then the provided string.
  */
 fun StringBuilder.appendNl(str: String) = append("\n").append(str)
+
+/**
+ * Returns null if the string is empty.
+ */
+fun String.ensureNotEmpty() = ifEmpty { null }
diff --git a/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersion.kt b/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersion.kt
index 815f8de2de..239adfdbbd 100644
--- a/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersion.kt
+++ b/matrix-sdk-android/src/main/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersion.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.matrix.android.sdk.internal.auth.version
 
+import org.matrix.android.sdk.api.extensions.ensureNotEmpty
+
 /**
  * Values will take the form "rX.Y.Z".
  * Ref: https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#get-matrix-client-versions
@@ -38,14 +40,14 @@ internal data class HomeServerVersion(
     }
 
     companion object {
-        internal val pattern = Regex("""[r|v](\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)""")
+        internal val pattern = Regex("""[r|v](\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?""")
 
         internal fun parse(value: String): HomeServerVersion? {
             val result = pattern.matchEntire(value) ?: return null
             return HomeServerVersion(
                     major = result.groupValues[1].toInt(),
                     minor = result.groupValues[2].toInt(),
-                    patch = result.groupValues[3].toInt()
+                    patch = result.groupValues.getOrNull(index = 3)?.ensureNotEmpty()?.toInt() ?: 0
             )
         }
 
diff --git a/matrix-sdk-android/src/test/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersionTest.kt b/matrix-sdk-android/src/test/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersionTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..413af9c434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrix-sdk-android/src/test/java/org/matrix/android/sdk/internal/auth/version/HomeServerVersionTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.matrix.android.sdk.internal.auth.version
+
+import org.amshove.kluent.internal.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class HomeServerVersionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `given a semantic version, when parsing, then converts to home server version`() {
+        val supportedVersions = listOf(
+                case("1.5", expected = aVersion(1, 5, 0)),
+                case("0.5.1", expected = aVersion(0, 5, 1)),
+                case("1.0.0", expected = aVersion(1, 0, 0)),
+                case("1.10.3", expected = aVersion(1, 10, 3)),
+        ).withPrefixes("v", "r")
+
+        val unsupportedVersions = listOf(
+                case("v-1.5.1", expected = null),
+                case("1.4.", expected = null),
+                case("1.5.1.", expected = null),
+                case("r1", expected = null),
+                case("a", expected = null),
+                case("1a.2b.3c", expected = null),
+                case("r", expected = null),
+        )
+
+        (supportedVersions + unsupportedVersions).forEach { (input, expected) ->
+            val result = HomeServerVersion.parse(input)
+
+            assertEquals(expected, result, "Expected $input to be $expected but got $result")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private fun aVersion(major: Int, minor: Int, patch: Int) = HomeServerVersion(major, minor, patch)
+private fun case(input: String, expected: HomeServerVersion?) = Case(input, expected)
+
+private fun List<Case>.withPrefixes(vararg prefixes: String) = map { case ->
+    prefixes.map { prefix -> case.copy(input = "$prefix${case.input}") }
+}.flatten()
+
+private data class Case(val input: String, val expected: HomeServerVersion?)