diff --git a/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator.go b/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator.go
index 67d3c7e5c..218cbf801 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator.go
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ func initContainerEnvVar(cc *api.CassandraCluster, status *api.CassandraClusterS
 	image := strings.Split(cc.Spec.CassandraImage, ":")
 	serverVersion := cc.Spec.ServerVersion
 	if serverVersion == "" {
-		if len(image) == 2 {
-			version := strings.Split(image[1], "-")
+		if len(image) >= 2 {
+			version := strings.Split(image[len(image)-1], "-")
 			serverVersion = version[0]
 			if len(version) != 1 {
 				serverVersion += ".0"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator_test.go b/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator_test.go
index 6a6500bf9..ee18b755b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cassandracluster/generator_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ func helperInitCluster(t *testing.T, name string) (*ReconcileCassandraCluster, *
 	return &rcc, &cc
 }
 
+func GetEnvVarByName(envVars []v1.EnvVar, name string) *v1.EnvVar {
+	for _, envVar := range envVars {
+		if envVar.Name == name {
+			return &envVar
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func TestCreateNodeAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
@@ -330,6 +339,28 @@ func TestInitContainerConfigFileData(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(configFileData.String(), initEnvVar[0].Value)
 }
 
+func TestInitContainerServerVersionDetect(t *testing.T) {
+	// Check of Cassandra version detection in case of different image formats
+	dcName := "dc1"
+	rackName := "rack1"
+	dcRackName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", dcName, rackName)
+
+	_, cc := helperInitCluster(t, "cassandracluster-1DC.yaml")
+	imageTag := "1.0.0"
+	images := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("artifactory-name/repo/cassandra:%s", imageTag),
+		fmt.Sprintf("artifactory-name:44301/repo/cassandra:%s", imageTag),
+	}
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	for _, image := range images {
+		cc.Spec.CassandraImage = image
+		cassieResources := cc.Spec.Resources
+		initEnvVar := initContainerEnvVar(cc, &cc.Status, cassieResources, dcRackName)
+		prodVer := GetEnvVarByName(initEnvVar, "PRODUCT_VERSION")
+		assert.Equal(imageTag, prodVer.Value)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGenerateCassandraStatefulSet(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 	dcName := "dc1"