diff --git a/scip-java/src/main/scala/com/sourcegraph/scip_java/buildtools/SbtBuildTool.scala b/scip-java/src/main/scala/com/sourcegraph/scip_java/buildtools/SbtBuildTool.scala
index 4633bc92..dcafb928 100644
--- a/scip-java/src/main/scala/com/sourcegraph/scip_java/buildtools/SbtBuildTool.scala
+++ b/scip-java/src/main/scala/com/sourcegraph/scip_java/buildtools/SbtBuildTool.scala
@@ -63,8 +63,13 @@ class SbtBuildTool(index: IndexCommand) extends BuildTool("sbt", index) {
     }
 
   private def isSupportedSbtVersion(version: String): Boolean = {
-    (!version.startsWith("0.13") || version.startsWith("0.13.17")) &&
-    !version.startsWith("1.0") && !version.startsWith("1.1")
+    SbtBuildTool.isSupportedSbtVersion(version) match {
+      case Left(message) =>
+        index.app.error(message)
+        false
+      case Right(value) =>
+        value
+    }
   }
 
   private def sbtVersion(): Option[String] = {
@@ -96,3 +101,30 @@ class SbtBuildTool(index: IndexCommand) extends BuildTool("sbt", index) {
     )
   }
 }
+
+object SbtBuildTool {
+  def isSupportedSbtVersion(version: String): Either[String, Boolean] = {
+    SbtVersionParser.versionSegments(version) match {
+      case major :: minor :: patch :: _ =>
+        Right {
+          (major == 0 && minor == 13 && patch >= 17) ||
+          (major == 1 && minor >= 2)
+        }
+
+      case _ =>
+        Left(
+          s"Failed to parse SBT version: [$version]. Only SBT 0.13.17+ or SBT 1.2+ are supported"
+        )
+
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+object SbtVersionParser {
+  def versionSegments(raw: String) =
+    raw
+      .takeWhile(c => c.isDigit || c == '.')
+      .split("\\.", 3)
+      .toList
+      .flatMap(_.toIntOption)
+}
diff --git a/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/SbtBuildToolSuite.scala b/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/SbtBuildToolSuite.scala
index 7cd7f6ef..45004272 100644
--- a/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/SbtBuildToolSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/SbtBuildToolSuite.scala
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ abstract class SbtBuildToolSuite(sbt: Tool.SBT) extends BaseBuildToolSuite {
 import Tool._
 
 class Sbt_15_BuildToolSuite extends SbtBuildToolSuite(SBT15)
-class Sbt_19_BuildToolSuite extends SbtBuildToolSuite(SBT19)
+class Sbt_110_BuildToolSuite extends SbtBuildToolSuite(SBT110)
diff --git a/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/Tool.scala b/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/Tool.scala
index 0b1f56d2..7ad99d49 100644
--- a/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/Tool.scala
+++ b/tests/buildTools/src/test/scala/tests/Tool.scala
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ object Tool {
       extends Tool("sbt", version, support)
   // See https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.html#build-tool-compatibility-table
   case object SBT15 extends SBT("1.5.2", atMostJava(17))
-  case object SBT19 extends SBT("1.9.9", noRestrictions)
+  case object SBT110 extends SBT("1.10.0", noRestrictions)
 
   sealed abstract class Scala(version: String, support: JVMSupport)
       extends Tool("scala", version, support)
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/SbtSupportedVersionsSuite.scala b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/SbtSupportedVersionsSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d65d9b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/src/test/scala/tests/SbtSupportedVersionsSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package tests
+
+import com.sourcegraph.scip_java.buildtools.SbtBuildTool
+import com.sourcegraph.scip_java.buildtools.SbtVersionParser
+
+class SbtVersionParserSuite extends munit.FunSuite {
+  test("parsing sbt versions") {
+    import SbtVersionParser.{versionSegments => parse}
+    assertEquals(parse("1.9.7"), List(1, 9, 7))
+    assertEquals(parse("1.10.0"), List(1, 10, 0))
+    assertEquals(parse("1.10.0-RC1"), List(1, 10, 0))
+    assertEquals(parse("0.13.17"), List(0, 13, 17))
+    assertEquals(parse("0.13"), List(0, 13))
+  }
+
+  test("supported sbt versions") {
+    import SbtBuildTool.{isSupportedSbtVersion => check}
+
+    def checkSupported(version: String) = {
+      assert(check(version).contains(true), check(version))
+    }
+
+    def checkUnsupported(version: String) = {
+      assert(check(version).contains(false), check(version))
+    }
+
+    def checkFailed(version: String) = {
+      assert(check(version).isLeft, check(version))
+    }
+
+    checkSupported("1.10.0-RC1")
+    checkSupported("0.13.17")
+    checkSupported("1.5.6")
+    checkSupported("1.9.7")
+
+    checkUnsupported("1.0.0-RC1")
+    checkUnsupported("0.13.16")
+    checkUnsupported("1.1.6")
+    checkUnsupported("0.12.15")
+
+    checkFailed("1.0-RC1")
+    checkFailed("0.13")
+    checkFailed("BLA")
+    checkFailed("")
+  }
+
+}