diff --git a/blurb/blurb.py b/blurb/blurb.py
index 19bf854..8f9a16f 100755
--- a/blurb/blurb.py
+++ b/blurb/blurb.py
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ def run(s):
     return process.stdout.decode('ascii')
 
 
-readme_re = re.compile(r"This is Python version [23]\.\d").match
+readme_re = re.compile(r"This is \w+ version \d+\.\d+").match
 
 def chdir_to_repo_root():
     global root