diff --git a/src/segments/node.go b/src/segments/node.go
index 3ebb1c51..c4e5b728 100644
--- a/src/segments/node.go
+++ b/src/segments/node.go
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ func (n *Node) matchesVersionFile() (string, bool) {
 		n.language.version.Patch,
 	)
 
-	version := strings.TrimPrefix(fileVersion, "v")
+	version := strings.TrimSpace(fileVersion)
+	version = strings.TrimPrefix(version, "v")
 
 	return version, regex.MatchString(re, fileVersion)
 }
diff --git a/src/segments/node_test.go b/src/segments/node_test.go
index ca4d14a2..997fc5fb 100644
--- a/src/segments/node_test.go
+++ b/src/segments/node_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func TestNodeMatchesVersionFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{Case: "no file context", Expected: true, RCVersion: ""},
 		{Case: "version match", Expected: true, ExpectedVersion: "1.2.3", RCVersion: "1.2.3"},
+		{Case: "version match with newline", Expected: true, ExpectedVersion: "1.2.3", RCVersion: "1.2.3\n"},
 		{Case: "version mismatch", Expected: false, ExpectedVersion: "3.2.1", RCVersion: "3.2.1"},
 		{Case: "version match in other format", Expected: true, ExpectedVersion: "1.2.3", RCVersion: "v1.2.3"},
 		{Case: "version match without patch", Expected: true, ExpectedVersion: "1.2", RCVersion: "1.2"},