diff --git a/pontos/version/helper.py b/pontos/version/helper.py
index 993e23c60..a596d4625 100644
--- a/pontos/version/helper.py
+++ b/pontos/version/helper.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from pontos.git import Git, TagSort
 from pontos.git.git import DEFAULT_TAG_SORT_SUFFIX
+from pontos.version.errors import VersionError
 
 from .version import ParseVersionFuncType, Version
 
@@ -40,7 +41,12 @@ def get_last_release_versions(
     for tag in tag_list:
         last_release_version = tag.strip(git_tag_prefix)
 
-        version = parse_version(last_release_version)
+        try:
+            version = parse_version(last_release_version)
+        except VersionError:
+            # be safe and ignore invalid versions
+            continue
+
         if version.is_pre_release and ignore_pre_releases:
             continue
 
diff --git a/tests/version/test_helper.py b/tests/version/test_helper.py
index 27d39ce68..5ca0acdca 100644
--- a/tests/version/test_helper.py
+++ b/tests/version/test_helper.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from pontos.git.git import Git
-from pontos.version.errors import VersionError
 from pontos.version.helper import (
     get_last_release_version,
     get_last_release_versions,
@@ -116,11 +115,18 @@ def test_invalid_version(self, git_mock):
         ]
 
         it = get_last_release_versions(SemanticVersioningScheme.parse_version)
-        next(it)
 
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
-            VersionError, "3.55a1 is not valid SemVer string"
-        ):
+        version = next(it)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            version, SemanticVersioningScheme.parse_version("2.0.0")
+        )
+
+        version = next(it)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            version, SemanticVersioningScheme.parse_version("1.0.0")
+        )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
             next(it)
 
 
@@ -192,12 +198,12 @@ def test_get_last_release_version_tag_name(self, git_mock):
     @patch("pontos.version.helper.Git", spec=Git)
     def test_invalid_version(self, git_mock):
         git_interface = git_mock.return_value
-        git_interface.list_tags.return_value = ["1", "2", "3.55a1"]
+        git_interface.list_tags.return_value = ["1.0.0", "2.0.0", "3.55a1"]
 
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
-            VersionError, "3.55a1 is not valid SemVer string"
-        ):
-            get_last_release_version(SemanticVersioningScheme.parse_version)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            get_last_release_version(SemanticVersioningScheme.parse_version),
+            SemanticVersioningScheme.parse_version("2.0.0"),
+        )
 
     @patch("pontos.version.helper.Git", spec=Git)
     def test_success_with_invalid_version(self, git_mock):