diff --git a/cli/version_bump.php b/cli/version_bump.php
index ece23de..33f5775 100644
--- a/cli/version_bump.php
+++ b/cli/version_bump.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $mokoManifest = "{$root}/.mokogitea/manifest.xml";
 $mokoContent = '';
 if (file_exists($mokoManifest)) {
     $mokoContent = file_get_contents($mokoManifest);
-    if (preg_match('|<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})(?:-((?:(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc)-?)+))?</version>|', $mokoContent, $m)) {
+    if (preg_match('#<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})(?:-((?:(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc)-?)+))?</version>#', $mokoContent, $m)) {
         $mokoVersion = $m[1];
         $mokoSuffix = isset($m[2]) ? $m[2] : '';
     }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ foreach ($manifestFiles as $xmlFile) {
     if (strpos($xmlContent, '<extension') === false && strpos($xmlContent, '<version>') === false) {
         continue;
     }
-    if (preg_match('|<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})((?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>|', $xmlContent, $xm)) {
+    if (preg_match('#<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})((?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>#', $xmlContent, $xm)) {
         $candidate = $xm[1];
         if ($manifestVersion === null || version_compare($candidate, $manifestVersion, '>')) {
             $manifestVersion = $candidate;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ $newFull = $new;
 // -- Update .mokogitea/manifest.xml (canonical — preserves suffix) --
 if (file_exists($mokoManifest) && !empty($mokoContent)) {
     $updated = preg_replace(
-        '|<version>\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>|',
+        '#<version>\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>#',
         "<version>{$newFull}</version>",
         $mokoContent,
         1
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ foreach ($xmlPatterns as $pattern) {
             continue;
         }
         $newContent = preg_replace(
-            '|<version>\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>|',
+            '#<version>\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>#',
             "<version>{$newFull}</version>",
             $content
         );
diff --git a/cli/version_check.php b/cli/version_check.php
index ff4d538..0c49c64 100644
--- a/cli/version_check.php
+++ b/cli/version_check.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ foreach ($xmlGlobs as $glob) {
         $xmlContent = file_get_contents($file);
         if (strpos($xmlContent, '<extension') === false) continue;
 
-        if (preg_match('|<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>|', $xmlContent, $xm)) {
+        if (preg_match('#<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>#', $xmlContent, $xm)) {
             $relPath = str_replace($root . '/', '', $file);
             $relPath = str_replace($root . '\\', '', $relPath);
             $versions[$relPath] = $xm[1];
diff --git a/cli/version_read.php b/cli/version_read.php
index 5c76856..3324b36 100644
--- a/cli/version_read.php
+++ b/cli/version_read.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ foreach ($manifestFiles as $xmlFile) {
     if (strpos($xmlContent, '<extension') === false && strpos($xmlContent, '<version>') === false) {
         continue;
     }
-    if (preg_match('|<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?)</version>|', $xmlContent, $xm)) {
+    if (preg_match('#<version>(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:(?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?)</version>#', $xmlContent, $xm)) {
         $candidate = $xm[1];
         $candidateBase = preg_replace('/(-(dev|alpha|beta|rc))+$/', '', $candidate);
         $currentBase = $manifestVersion ? preg_replace('/(-(dev|alpha|beta|rc))+$/', '', $manifestVersion) : null;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if ($version === null) {
 // -- Backfill: if manifest.xml exists but lacks <version>, insert it --
 if (file_exists($mokoManifest)) {
     $content = file_get_contents($mokoManifest);
-    if (!preg_match('|<version>\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}((?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>|', $content)) {
+    if (!preg_match('#<version>\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}((?:-(?:dev|alpha|beta|rc))+)?</version>#', $content)) {
         if (strpos($content, '<license') !== false) {
             $content = preg_replace(
                 '|(\s*<license)|',