diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml b/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml
index d16cbfad..a113c952 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,11 @@ steps:
         Write-Host "Could not extract a version from [$BuildNumber] using pattern [$Pattern]"
         exit 2
       }
+
+      # Set version variables
+      $extractedBuildNumbers = @($Matches[0].Split(([char[]]$PatternSplitCharacters)))
+      if ($extractedBuildNumbers.Length -ne $PatternExpectedVersionNumbers) {
+        Write-Host "The extracted build number $($Matches[0]) does not contain the expected $PatternExpectedVersionNumbers elements"
+        exit 2
+      }
     pwsh: true