diff --git a/source/Octopus.Versioning.Tests/LexicographicSortedVersion/LexicographicSortedVersionCompareTests.cs b/source/Octopus.Versioning.Tests/LexicographicSortedVersion/LexicographicSortedVersionCompareTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab92cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Octopus.Versioning.Tests/LexicographicSortedVersion/LexicographicSortedVersionCompareTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Octopus.Versioning.Lexicographic;
+
+namespace Octopus.Versioning.Tests.LexicographicSortedVersion;
+
+public class LexicographicSortedVersionCompareTests
+{
+    static readonly LexicographicSortedVersionParser LexicographicSortedVersionParser = new();
+
+    [Test]
+    [TestCase("release", "release", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release", "qrelease", 1)]
+    [TestCase("release", "srelease", -1)]
+    [TestCase("123", "123", 0)]
+    [TestCase("123", "100", 1)]
+    [TestCase("123", "321", -1)]
+    [TestCase("123Release", "123Release", 0)]
+    [TestCase("123Release", "100Release", 1)]
+    [TestCase("123Release", "321Release", -1)]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release-1", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release-0", 1)]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release-2", -1)]
+    [TestCase("release.1", "release.1", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release.1", "release.0", 1)]
+    [TestCase("release.1", "release.2", -1)]
+    [TestCase("release_1", "release_1", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release_1", "release_0", 1)]
+    [TestCase("release_1", "release_2", -1)]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release_1", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release.1", "release_1", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release_0", 1)]
+    [TestCase("release.1", "release_2", -1)]
+    [TestCase("release+123", "release+321", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release-1+123", "release-1+321", 0)]
+    [TestCase("release-1+123", "release-0+321", 1)]
+    [TestCase("release-1+123", "release-2+321", -1)]
+    public void TestComparisons(string version1, string version2, int result)
+    {
+        var parsedVersion1 = LexicographicSortedVersionParser.Parse(version1);
+        var parsedVersion2 = LexicographicSortedVersionParser.Parse(version2);
+        Assert.AreEqual(result, parsedVersion1.CompareTo(parsedVersion2));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release-1", true)]
+    [TestCase("release-1", "release-2", false)]
+    public void TestEquality(string version1, string version2, bool result)
+    {
+        var parsedVersion1 = LexicographicSortedVersionParser.Parse(version1);
+        var parsedVersion2 = LexicographicSortedVersionParser.Parse(version2);
+        Assert.AreEqual(result, Equals(parsedVersion1, parsedVersion2));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TestGetHashCode()
+    {
+        var versionString = "release-1";
+        var parsedVersion = LexicographicSortedVersionParser.Parse(versionString);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual(versionString.GetHashCode(), parsedVersion.GetHashCode());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/source/Octopus.Versioning.Tests/LexicographicSortedVersion/LexicographicSortedVersionParserTests.cs b/source/Octopus.Versioning.Tests/LexicographicSortedVersion/LexicographicSortedVersionParserTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b305c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Octopus.Versioning.Tests/LexicographicSortedVersion/LexicographicSortedVersionParserTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Octopus.Versioning.Lexicographic;
+
+namespace Octopus.Versioning.Tests.LexicographicSortedVersion;
+
+[TestFixture]
+public class LexicographicSortedVersionParserTests
+{
+    [Test]
+    // Release
+    [TestCase("foobar", "foobar", "")]
+    [TestCase("2db4a87840113c", "2db4a87840113c", "")]
+    [TestCase("123456", "123456", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar-qwerty", "foobar-qwerty", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar.qwerty", "foobar.qwerty", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar_qwerty", "foobar_qwerty", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar-12345", "foobar-12345", "")]
+    // Metadata 
+    [TestCase("foobar+12345", "foobar", "12345")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+123.456", "foobar", "123.456")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+123_456", "foobar", "123_456")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+123-456", "foobar", "123-456")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+123+456", "foobar", "123+456")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+1.2_3-4+5", "foobar", "1.2_3-4+5")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+qwerty", "foobar", "qwerty")]
+    [TestCase("foobar-qwerty+12345", "foobar-qwerty", "12345")]
+    // Fail Cases
+    [TestCase("!@#$%^", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar-!@#$%", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar-qwerty+!@#$%", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foo bar", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar-qwe ty", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar+123 456", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foo bar-qwe ty+123 456", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("!foobar", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foo!bar", "", "")]
+    [TestCase("foobar!", "", "")]
+    public void ShouldParseSuccessfully(string input, string expectedRelease, string expectedMetadata)
+    {
+        _ = new LexicographicSortedVersionParser().TryParse(input, out var parsedVersion);
+        AssertVersionNumbersAreZero(parsedVersion);
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedRelease, parsedVersion.Release);
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedMetadata, parsedVersion.Metadata);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void ShouldThrowExceptionOnEmptyInput()
+    {
+        var input = "";
+        Assert.Catch<ArgumentException>(() => new LexicographicSortedVersionParser().Parse(input));
+    }
+    
+    [Test]
+    public void ShouldThrowExceptionOnWhiteSpaceInput()
+    {
+        var input = " ";
+        Assert.Catch<ArgumentException>(() => new LexicographicSortedVersionParser().Parse(input));
+    }
+    
+    [Test]
+    public void ShouldThrowExceptionOnNullInput()
+    {
+        Assert.Catch<ArgumentException>(() => new LexicographicSortedVersionParser().Parse(null));
+    }
+    
+    [Test]
+    public void ShouldThrowExceptionOnFailureToParse()
+    {
+        var input = "bad versions string";
+        Assert.Catch<ArgumentException>(() => new LexicographicSortedVersionParser().Parse(input));
+    }
+
+    void AssertVersionNumbersAreZero(Lexicographic.LexicographicSortedVersion version)
+    {
+        Assert.AreEqual(0, version.Major);
+        Assert.AreEqual(0, version.Minor);
+        Assert.AreEqual(0, version.Patch);
+        Assert.AreEqual(0, version.Revision);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/source/Octopus.Versioning/Lexicographic/LexicographicSortedVersion.cs b/source/Octopus.Versioning/Lexicographic/LexicographicSortedVersion.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6a2b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Octopus.Versioning/Lexicographic/LexicographicSortedVersion.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Octopus.Versioning.Lexicographic
+{
+    public class LexicographicSortedVersion: IVersion
+    {
+        public LexicographicSortedVersion(string release, string? metadata, string? originalString)
+        {
+            Metadata = metadata;
+            Release = release;
+            OriginalString = originalString ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public int Major => 0;
+        public int Minor => 0;
+        public int Patch => 0;
+        public int Revision => 0;
+        public bool IsPrerelease => false;
+        public IEnumerable<string> ReleaseLabels => Enumerable.Empty<string>();
+        public string? Metadata { get; }
+        public bool HasMetadata => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Metadata);
+        public string Release { get; }
+        public string OriginalString { get; }
+
+        public VersionFormat Format => VersionFormat.Lexicographic;
+        
+        public int CompareTo(object obj)
+        {
+            if (!(obj is IVersion objVersion))
+                return -1;
+            
+            if (string.Compare(Release.AlphaNumericOnly(), (objVersion.Release ?? string.Empty).AlphaNumericOnly(), StringComparison.Ordinal) != 0)
+                return CompareReleaseLabels(Release.AlphaNumericOnly().Split('.', '-', '_'), (objVersion.Release ?? string.Empty).AlphaNumericOnly().Split('.', '-', '_'));
+                
+            return 0;
+        }
+        
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return OriginalString;
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            if (obj is IVersion objVersion)
+                return CompareTo(objVersion) == 0;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            return Release.GetHashCode();
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compares sets of release labels.
+        /// </summary>
+        static int CompareReleaseLabels(IEnumerable<string> version1, IEnumerable<string> version2)
+        {
+            var result = 0;
+
+            using var a = version1.GetEnumerator();
+            using var b = version2.GetEnumerator();
+
+            var aExists = a.MoveNext();
+            var bExists = b.MoveNext();
+
+            while (aExists || bExists)
+            {
+                if (!aExists && bExists)
+                    return -1;
+
+                if (aExists && !bExists)
+                    return 1;
+
+                // compare the labels
+                result = CompareRelease(a.Current, b.Current);
+
+                if (result != 0)
+                    return result;
+
+                aExists = a.MoveNext();
+                bExists = b.MoveNext();
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Release labels are compared as numbers if they are numeric, otherwise they will be compared
+        /// as strings.
+        /// </summary>
+        static int CompareRelease(string version1, string version2)
+        {
+            var version1Num = 0;
+            var version2Num = 0;
+            var result = 0;
+
+            // check if the identifiers are numeric
+            var v1IsNumeric = int.TryParse(version1, out version1Num);
+            var v2IsNumeric = int.TryParse(version2, out version2Num);
+
+            // if both are numeric compare them as numbers
+            if (v1IsNumeric && v2IsNumeric)
+            {
+                result = version1Num.CompareTo(version2Num);
+            }
+            else if (v1IsNumeric || v2IsNumeric)
+            {
+                // numeric labels come before alpha labels
+                if (v1IsNumeric)
+                    result = -1;
+                else
+                    result = 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Ignoring 2.0.0 case sensitive compare. Everything will be compared case insensitively as 2.0.1 specifies.
+                var stringCompareResult = StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Compare(version1, version2);
+                if (stringCompareResult < 0)
+                {
+                    result = -1;
+                }
+                else if (stringCompareResult > 0)
+                {
+                    result = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/source/Octopus.Versioning/Lexicographic/LexicographicSortedVersionParser.cs b/source/Octopus.Versioning/Lexicographic/LexicographicSortedVersionParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0476d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Octopus.Versioning/Lexicographic/LexicographicSortedVersionParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Octopus.Versioning.Lexicographic
+{
+    public class LexicographicSortedVersionParser
+    {
+        const string Release = "release";
+        const string Meta = "buildmetadata";
+
+        static readonly Regex VersionRegex = new Regex($@"^(?<{Release}>([A-Za-z0-9]*?)([.\-_\\]([A-Za-z0-9.\-_\\]*?)?)?)?" +
+            $@"(?:\+(?<{Meta}>[A-Za-z0-9_\-.\\+]*?))?\s*$"
+        );
+
+        public LexicographicSortedVersion Parse(string? version)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(version))
+                throw new ArgumentException("The version can not be an empty string");
+
+            var sanitisedVersion = version ?? string.Empty;
+            // SemVerFactory treated the original string as if it had no spaces at all
+            var noSpaces = sanitisedVersion.Replace(" ", "");
+
+            // We parse on the original string. This *does not* tolerate spaces in prerelease fields or metadata
+            // just like SemVerFactory.
+            var result = VersionRegex.Match(sanitisedVersion);
+
+            if (!result.Success)
+                throw new ArgumentException("The supplied version was not valid");
+
+            return new LexicographicSortedVersion(
+                result.Groups[Release].Success ? result.Groups[Release].Value : string.Empty,
+                result.Groups[Meta].Success ? result.Groups[Meta].Value : string.Empty,
+                noSpaces
+            );
+        }
+
+        public bool TryParse(string version, out LexicographicSortedVersion parsedVersion)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                parsedVersion = Parse(version);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                parsedVersion = new LexicographicSortedVersion(
+                    string.Empty,
+                    string.Empty,
+                    null
+                );
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFactory.cs b/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFactory.cs
index d079b93..76adb04 100644
--- a/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFactory.cs
+++ b/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFactory.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Octopus.Versioning.Docker;
+using Octopus.Versioning.Lexicographic;
 using Octopus.Versioning.Maven;
 using Octopus.Versioning.Octopus;
 using Octopus.Versioning.Semver;
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ public static IVersion CreateVersion(string input, VersionFormat format)
                     return CreateDockerTag(input);
                 case VersionFormat.Octopus:
                     return CreateOctopusVersion(input);
+                case VersionFormat.Lexicographic:
+                    return CreateLexicographicSortedVersion(input);
                 default:
                     return CreateSemanticVersion(input);
             }
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ public static IVersion CreateVersion(string input, VersionFormat format)
                     return TryCreateDockerTag(input);
                 case VersionFormat.Octopus:
                     return TryCreateOctopusVersion(input);
+                case VersionFormat.Lexicographic:
+                    return TryCreateLexicographicSortedVersion(input);
                 default:
                     return TryCreateSemanticVersion(input);
             }
@@ -150,5 +155,22 @@ public static IVersion CreateOctopusVersion(string input)
                 return null;
             }
         }
+        
+        public static IVersion CreateLexicographicSortedVersion(string input)
+        {
+            return new LexicographicSortedVersionParser().Parse(input);
+        }
+
+        public static IVersion? TryCreateLexicographicSortedVersion(string input)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return CreateLexicographicSortedVersion(input);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFormat.cs b/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFormat.cs
index 12051fc..5f3054c 100644
--- a/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFormat.cs
+++ b/source/Octopus.Versioning/VersionFormat.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public enum VersionFormat
         Semver,
         Maven,
         Docker,
-        Octopus
+        Octopus,
+        Lexicographic
     }
 }
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