diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloser.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloser.java
index 0eb71019..0a76bce8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloser.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloser.java
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class MilestoneCloser {
 		for (Milestone milestone : milestones) {
 			Milestone.Smart smartMilestone = new Milestone.Smart(milestone);
 			try {
-				if (tagVersion.equals(milestoneTitle(smartMilestone))) {
+				String title = milestoneTitle(smartMilestone);
+				if (tagVersion.equals(title) || numericVersion(tagVersion).equals(title)) {
 					log.info("Found a matching milestone - closing it");
 					smartMilestone.close();
 					matchingMilestone = true;
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ class MilestoneCloser {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private String numericVersion(String version) {
+		return version.substring(0, version.lastIndexOf("."));
+	}
+
 	String milestoneTitle(Milestone.Smart milestone) throws IOException {
 		return milestone.title();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloserTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloserTests.java
index 9d6b9014..438c6265 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloserTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/git/MilestoneCloserTests.java
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ public class MilestoneCloserTests {
 		repo.milestones().create("0.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
 
 		closer.closeMilestone(sleuthProject());
+
+		then(this.capture.toString()).doesNotContain("No matching milestone was found");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void should_close_milestone_when_the_milestone_contains_numeric_version_only() throws IOException {
+		MilestoneCloser closer = new MilestoneCloser(this.github, withToken()) {
+			@Override String org() {
+				return repo.coordinates().user();
+			}
+
+			@Override String milestoneTitle(Milestone.Smart milestone)
+					throws IOException {
+				return "0.2.0";
+			}
+		};
+		repo.milestones().create("0.2.0");
+
+		closer.closeMilestone(sleuthProject());
+
+		then(this.capture.toString()).doesNotContain("No matching milestone was found");
 	}
 
 	private ProjectVersion sleuthProject() {