diff --git a/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py b/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py
index 714a13a..5b17e2b 100644
--- a/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py
+++ b/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ def autopep8_ensure_version(autopep8_format_cmd_argument):
     version = next(iter(v for v in version_output.split() if v[0].isdigit()), None)
     if version is not None:
         version = version.split("-")[0]
-        version = tuple(int(n) for n in version.split("."))
+        version_split = version.split(".")
+        version = (int(version_split[0]),
+                   int(version_split[1]) if len(version_split) > 1 else 0,
+                   int(version_split[2]) if len(version_split) > 2 else 0,
+                   )
     if version is not None:
         print("Using %s (%d.%d.%d)..." % (AUTOPEP8_FORMAT_CMD, version[0], version[1], version[2]))
     return version