diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.java
index 8ce72a1c1..cbb4721fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.java
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
  */
 public class SystemUtils {
 
+    /**
+     * The regex to split version strings.
+     */
+    private static final String VERSION_SPLIT_REGEX = "\\.";
+
     /**
      * The prefix String for all Windows OS.
      */
@@ -2148,8 +2153,8 @@ static boolean isOsVersionMatch(final String osVersion, final String osVersionPr
         }
         // Compare parts of the version string instead of using String.startsWith(String) because otherwise
         // osVersionPrefix 10.1 would also match osVersion 10.10
-        final String[] versionPrefixParts = osVersionPrefix.split("\\.");
-        final String[] versionParts = osVersion.split("\\.");
+        final String[] versionPrefixParts = osVersionPrefix.split(VERSION_SPLIT_REGEX);
+        final String[] versionParts = osVersion.split(VERSION_SPLIT_REGEX);
         for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(versionPrefixParts.length, versionParts.length); i++) {
             if (!versionPrefixParts[i].equals(versionParts[i])) {
                 return false;