diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/SemVer.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/SemVer.java
index 3f12e10f34db..21e63801230b 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/SemVer.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/SemVer.java
@@ -189,24 +189,46 @@ public final class SemVer implements Comparable<SemVer> {
 
   @Nullable
   public static SemVer parseFromText(@Nullable String text) {
-    if (text != null) {
-      int majorEndIdx = text.indexOf('.');
-      if (majorEndIdx >= 0) {
-        int minorEndIdx = text.indexOf('.', majorEndIdx + 1);
-        if (minorEndIdx >= 0) {
-          int preReleaseIdx = text.indexOf('-', minorEndIdx + 1);
-          int patchEndIdx = preReleaseIdx >= 0 ? preReleaseIdx : text.length();
+    return parseFromText(text, false);
+  }
 
-          int major = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(0, majorEndIdx), -1);
-          int minor = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(majorEndIdx + 1, minorEndIdx), -1);
-          int patch = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(minorEndIdx + 1, patchEndIdx), -1);
-          String preRelease = preReleaseIdx >= 0 ? text.substring(preReleaseIdx + 1) : null;
+  /**
+   * @param text string presentation of the version
+   * @param incomplete if the flag is true the method will accept shorten paths e.g. 3.5 instead of 3.5.0  
+   * @return parsed version or null
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  public static SemVer parseFromText(@Nullable String text, boolean incomplete) {
+    if (text == null) return null;
+    int majorEndIdx = text.indexOf('.');
+    if (majorEndIdx >= 0) {
+      int minorEndIdx = text.indexOf('.', majorEndIdx + 1);
+      if (minorEndIdx >= 0) {
+        int preReleaseIdx = text.indexOf('-', minorEndIdx + 1);
+        int patchEndIdx = preReleaseIdx >= 0 ? preReleaseIdx : text.length();
 
-          if (major >= 0 && minor >= 0 && patch >= 0) {
-            return new SemVer(text, major, minor, patch, preRelease);
-          }
+        int major = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(0, majorEndIdx), -1);
+        int minor = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(majorEndIdx + 1, minorEndIdx), -1);
+        int patch = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(minorEndIdx + 1, patchEndIdx), -1);
+        String preRelease = preReleaseIdx >= 0 ? text.substring(preReleaseIdx + 1) : null;
+
+        if (major >= 0 && minor >= 0 && patch >= 0) {
+          return new SemVer(text, major, minor, patch, preRelease);
         }
       }
+      else if (incomplete) {
+        int major = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(0, majorEndIdx), -1);
+        int minor = StringUtil.parseInt(text.substring(majorEndIdx + 1), -1);
+        if (major >= 0 && minor >= 0) {
+          return new SemVer(text, major, minor, 0, null);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    else if (incomplete) {
+      int major = StringUtil.parseInt(text, -1);
+      if (major >= 0) {
+        return new SemVer(text, major, 0, 0, null);
+      }
     }
 
     return null;