diff --git a/src/etc/gdb_rust_pretty_printing.py b/src/etc/gdb_rust_pretty_printing.py
index 08ae289d60374..b9413563fd9ff 100755
--- a/src/etc/gdb_rust_pretty_printing.py
+++ b/src/etc/gdb_rust_pretty_printing.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # This fix went in 8.1, so check for that.
 # See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/56730
 gdb_81 = False
-_match = re.match('([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)', gdb.VERSION)
+_match = re.search('([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)', gdb.VERSION)
 if _match:
     if int(_match.group(1)) > 8 or (int(_match.group(1)) == 8 and int(_match.group(2)) >= 1):
         gdb_81 = True