diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersion.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersion.java
index 9c0b4ef2..24d291fc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersion.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersion.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class ProjectVersion {
 	}
 
 	public boolean isRelease() {
-		return this.version.contains("RELEASE");
+		return this.version.contains("RELEASE") || this.version.matches(".*.SR[0-9]+");
 	}
 
 	@Override public String toString() {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersionTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersionTests.java
index ddf9d23c..853a10b7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersionTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/pom/ProjectVersionTests.java
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ public class ProjectVersionTests {
 		then(projectVersion(version).isRelease()).isTrue();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void should_return_true_for_service_release_versions() {
+		String version = "1.0.1.SR1";
+
+		then(projectVersion(version).isRelease()).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	private ProjectVersion projectVersion(String version) {
 		return new ProjectVersion("foo", version);
 	}