diff --git a/client/driver/rkt.go b/client/driver/rkt.go
index c907f5caf..456e4e02b 100644
--- a/client/driver/rkt.go
+++ b/client/driver/rkt.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	reRktVersion  = regexp.MustCompile("rkt version ([\\d\\.]+).+")
-	reAppcVersion = regexp.MustCompile("appc version ([\\d\\.]+).+")
+	reRktVersion  = regexp.MustCompile(`rkt version (\d[.\d]+)`)
+	reAppcVersion = regexp.MustCompile(`appc version (\d[.\d]+)`)
 )
 
 // RktDriver is a driver for running images via Rkt
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ func (d *RktDriver) Fingerprint(cfg *config.Config, node *structs.Node) (bool, e
 	out := strings.TrimSpace(string(outBytes))
 
 	rktMatches := reRktVersion.FindStringSubmatch(out)
-	appcMatches := reRktVersion.FindStringSubmatch(out)
+	appcMatches := reAppcVersion.FindStringSubmatch(out)
 	if len(rktMatches) != 2 || len(appcMatches) != 2 {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse Rkt version string: %#v", rktMatches)
 	}
 
 	node.Attributes["driver.rkt"] = "1"
-	node.Attributes["driver.rkt.version"] = rktMatches[0]
+	node.Attributes["driver.rkt.version"] = rktMatches[1]
 	node.Attributes["driver.rkt.appc.version"] = appcMatches[1]
 
 	return true, nil
diff --git a/client/driver/rkt_test.go b/client/driver/rkt_test.go
index 94d45cdcc..e992266a4 100644
--- a/client/driver/rkt_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/rkt_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@ import (
 	ctestutils "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/testutil"
 )
 
+func TestRktVersionRegex(t *testing.T) {
+        input_rkt := "rkt version 0.8.1"
+        input_appc := "appc version 1.2.0"
+        expected_rkt := "0.8.1"
+        expected_appc := "1.2.0"
+        rktMatches := reRktVersion.FindStringSubmatch(input_rkt)
+        appcMatches := reAppcVersion.FindStringSubmatch(input_appc)
+        if rktMatches[1] != expected_rkt {
+                fmt.Printf("Test failed; got %q; want %q\n", rktMatches[1], expected_rkt)
+        }
+        if appcMatches[1] != expected_appc {
+                fmt.Printf("Test failed; got %q; want %q\n", appcMatches[1], expected_appc)
+        }
+}
+
 func TestRktDriver_Handle(t *testing.T) {
 	h := &rktHandle{
 		proc:   &os.Process{Pid: 123},