diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9507364353f..67693c7bc9e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ java -jar target/BreakingUpdateReproducer.jar --help
 ```
 
 ## Stats
-As of Jul 21 2023:
+As of Jul 27 2023:
   * The benchmark consists of 2 reproducible breaking updates.
     - Of these breaking updates, 0 (0.00%) fail compilation with the updated dependency.
     - 0 (0.00%) fail tests with the updated dependency.
diff --git a/src/main/java/miner/BreakingUpdate.java b/src/main/java/miner/BreakingUpdate.java
index 8b8136b946e4..453a6337f5c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/miner/BreakingUpdate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/miner/BreakingUpdate.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class BreakingUpdate {
     private static final Pattern SCOPE =
             Pattern.compile("^\\s*<scope>(.*)</scope>\\s*$");
     private static final Pattern SEM_VER = Pattern.compile("^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$");
+    private static final Pattern SEM_VER_WITHOUT_PATCH = Pattern.compile("^\\d+\\.\\d+$");
     public final String url;
     public final String project;
     public final String breakingCommit;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ private String parsePRAuthorType(GHPullRequest pr, String defaultResult) {
             String userLogin = user.getLogin().toLowerCase();
             // Sometimes, the user type does not get equal to BOT even if the user is actually a bot. Therefore, we add
             // additional checks.
-            return user.getType().equals("Bot") || userLogin.contains("dependabot") || userLogin.contains("renovate")?
+            return user.getType().equals("Bot") || userLogin.contains("dependabot") || userLogin.contains("renovate") ?
                     "bot" : "human";
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("prAuthorType could not be parsed", e);
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ private String parsePreCommitAuthorType(GHRepository repository, String commitSH
             String userLogin = user.getLogin().toLowerCase();
             // Sometimes, the user type does not get equal to BOT even if the user is actually a bot. Therefore, we add
             // additional checks.
-            return user.getType().equals("Bot") || userLogin.contains("dependabot") || userLogin.contains("renovate")?
+            return user.getType().equals("Bot") || userLogin.contains("dependabot") || userLogin.contains("renovate") ?
                     "bot" : "human";
         } catch (IOException e) {
             log.error("preCommitAuthorType could not be parsed", e);
@@ -179,11 +180,11 @@ public UpdatedDependency(GHPullRequest pr) {
          */
         @JsonCreator
         UpdatedDependency(@JsonProperty("dependencyGroupID") String dependencyGroupID,
-                                 @JsonProperty("dependencyArtifactID") String dependencyArtifactID,
-                                 @JsonProperty("previousVersion") String previousVersion,
-                                 @JsonProperty("newVersion") String newVersion,
-                                 @JsonProperty("dependencyScope") String dependencyScope,
-                                 @JsonProperty("versionUpdateType") String versionUpdateType) {
+                          @JsonProperty("dependencyArtifactID") String dependencyArtifactID,
+                          @JsonProperty("previousVersion") String previousVersion,
+                          @JsonProperty("newVersion") String newVersion,
+                          @JsonProperty("dependencyScope") String dependencyScope,
+                          @JsonProperty("versionUpdateType") String versionUpdateType) {
             this.dependencyGroupID = dependencyGroupID;
             this.dependencyArtifactID = dependencyArtifactID;
             this.previousVersion = previousVersion;
@@ -221,7 +222,10 @@ private String parsePatch(GHPullRequest pr, Pattern searchTerm, String defaultRe
          * "other" otherwise.
          */
         private String parseVersionUpdateType(String previousVersion, String newVersion) {
-            if (!SEM_VER.matcher(previousVersion).matches() || !SEM_VER.matcher(newVersion).matches())
+
+
+            if (!(SEM_VER.matcher(previousVersion).matches() || SEM_VER_WITHOUT_PATCH.matcher(previousVersion).matches())
+                    || !(SEM_VER.matcher(newVersion).matches() || SEM_VER_WITHOUT_PATCH.matcher(newVersion).matches()))
                 return "other";
 
             List<Integer> originalVersionNumbers = Arrays.stream(previousVersion.split("\\."))
diff --git a/src/main/java/reproducer/ResultManager.java b/src/main/java/reproducer/ResultManager.java
index 14bd44f01912..d0ab998118fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reproducer/ResultManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reproducer/ResultManager.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ private UpdatedFileType extractDependencies(BreakingUpdate bu, String postContai
      */
     private FailureCategory getFailureCategory(Path path) {
         try {
-            String logContent = Files.readString(path);
+            String logContent = Files.readString(path, StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
             for (Map.Entry<Pattern, FailureCategory> entry : FAILURE_PATTERNS.entrySet()) {
                 Pattern pattern = entry.getKey();
                 Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(logContent);