diff --git a/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.versionchecker/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/versionchecker/VersionLister.java b/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.versionchecker/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/versionchecker/VersionLister.java
index f5f55bdb158d97eb756b7accc99f35191824c16c..1654a9564013d2ce49b8fe30f1786cc84c452922 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.versionchecker/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/versionchecker/VersionLister.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.versionchecker/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/versionchecker/VersionLister.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public class VersionLister implements IPlatformRunnable {
 			if (isInteresting(key)) {
 				Version refVersion = (Version) refMap.get(key);
 				Version curVersion = (Version) currMap.get(key);
-				if ((refVersion != null) && (curVersion != null) && !curVersion.getQualifier().equals("HEAD")) {
+				if ((refVersion != null) && (curVersion != null) && !curVersion.getQualifier().contains("HEAD")) {
 					int comp = refVersion.compareTo(curVersion);
 					if (comp > 0) {
 						/*
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ public class VersionLister implements IPlatformRunnable {
 						// System.out.println("curVersion: " +
 						// curVersion.getQualifier());
 						// skip test if doing "HEAD Build"
-						if (!(curVersion.getQualifier().equals("HEAD"))) {
+						if (!(curVersion.getQualifier().contains("HEAD"))) {
 							result = 1;
 							_printIncrease(key, refVersion, curVersion, "qualifier", checkingType, reportWriter);
 						}