diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3ca422..6c98fe6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "poetryup"
-version = "0.12.2"
+version = "0.12.3"
 description = "Update dependencies and bump their version in the pyproject.toml file"
 authors = ["Mousa Zeid Baker"]
 packages = [
diff --git a/src/poetryup/core/poetry.py b/src/poetryup/core/poetry.py
index 3909c9a..aad75b5 100644
--- a/src/poetryup/core/poetry.py
+++ b/src/poetryup/core/poetry.py
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ class Poetry:
     """A helper class to run poetry commands"""
 
     @property
-    def version(self) -> str:
+    def version(self) -> version_.Version:
         """Return the installed poetry version"""
 
         output = cmd_run(["poetry", "--version"], capture_output=True)
         # output is: 'Poetry (version x.y.z)'
-        return output.rsplit(" ", 1).pop().strip().replace(")", "")
+        version = output.rsplit(" ", 1).pop().strip().replace(")", "")
+        return version_.parse(version)
 
     def show(self) -> str:
         """Run poetry show command
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_poetry.py b/tests/unit/test_poetry.py
index ee15d1d..90c991e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_poetry.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_poetry.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def test_version_poetry_1_1_x(
         return_value="Poetry version 1.2.3",
     )
     poetry = Poetry()
-    assert poetry.version == "1.2.3"
+    assert poetry.version.base_version == "1.2.3"
 
 
 def test_version_poetry_1_2_x(
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ def test_version_poetry_1_2_x(
         return_value="Poetry (version 1.2.3)",
     )
     poetry = Poetry()
-    assert poetry.version == "1.2.3"
+    assert poetry.version.base_version == "1.2.3"