diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index 995cd87f..d6808f13 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@
     <maven:param-check value="${artifactId}" fail="true" message="'artifactId' must be specified"/>
     <maven:param-check value="${minRelease}" fail="true" message="'minRelease' must be specified"/>
     <maven:param-check value="${neededBy}" fail="true" message="'neededBy' must be specified"/>
-    
+
+    <j:useBean var="stringUtils" class="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils"/>
+
     <j:set var="pluginToTest" value="${artifactId}"/>
 
     <!-- Remove SNAPSHOT -->
@@ -150,12 +152,13 @@
         <j:choose>
           <j:when test="${!installedRelease.equals(minReleaseToHave)}">
             <!-- If not equals we use a more complex algorithm -->
-            
+
             <!-- Tokenify -->
-            <u:tokenize var="installedReleaseTokens" delim="." escapeText="true">${installedRelease}</u:tokenize>
-            <u:tokenize var="minReleaseToHaveTokens" delim="." escapeText="true">${minReleaseToHave}</u:tokenize>
+            <j:set var="installedReleaseTokens" value="${stringUtils.split(installedRelease, '.')}"/>
+            <j:set var="minReleaseToHaveTokens" value="${stringUtils.split(minReleaseToHave, '.')}"/>
+
             <j:set var="minReleaseToHaveTokensIter" value="${minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator()}"/>
-            
+
             <j:forEach var="numberInstalled" items="${installedReleaseTokens}">
               <j:if test="${!minReleaseToHaveTokens.iterator().hasNext()}">
                 <j:set var="testFailed" value="true"/>