diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index b0ac994..29b60fc 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "bun";
 import { dependencies } from "../package.json";
+import { sliceIfStartsWith } from "./util.ts";
 
 export const COMMIT_HASH = spawnSync({
   cmd: ["git", "log", "--pretty=format:%h", "-n", "1"],
 }).stdout.toString();
 
-export const LILYBIRD_VERSION = dependencies.lilybird.slice(1);
-export const LILYBIRD_JSX_VERSION = dependencies["@lilybird/jsx"].slice(1);
-export const LILYBIRD_HANDLERS_VERSION =
-  dependencies["@lilybird/handlers"].slice(1);
+export const LILYBIRD_VERSION = sliceIfStartsWith(dependencies.lilybird, "^");
+export const LILYBIRD_JSX_VERSION = sliceIfStartsWith(
+  dependencies["@lilybird/jsx"],
+  "^"
+);
+export const LILYBIRD_HANDLERS_VERSION = sliceIfStartsWith(
+  dependencies["@lilybird/handlers"],
+  "^"
+);
 
 export const PRODUCTION = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
 
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 025a407..97fc010 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ export function isBunOnlyLikeMessage(content?: string) {
 export function getRandomBunEmoji() {
   return BUN_EMOJIS[Math.floor(Math.random() * BUN_EMOJIS.length)];
 }
+
+export function sliceIfStartsWith(input: string, startsWith: string) {
+  return input.startsWith(startsWith) ? input.slice(startsWith.length) : input;
+}