diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProvider.kt b/src/main/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProvider.kt
index 74948eaa..3bf340dc 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProvider.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProvider.kt
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ class NodeMetricProvider(
 ) {
     @PostConstruct
     fun start() {
-        val version = applicationVersion.substringBefore('-').toDoubleOrNull() ?: 0.0
+        val version = applicationVersion.substringBefore('-')
         Gauge
-            .builder("node.version", this) { version }
+            .builder("node.version", this) { 1.0 }
             .description("Information about the Atto node")
             .tags(
                 listOf(
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class NodeMetricProvider(
                     Tag.of("algorithm", thisNode.algorithm.toString()),
                     Tag.of("address", AttoAddress(thisNode.algorithm, thisNode.publicKey).toString()),
                     Tag.of("features", thisNode.features.joinToString(", ")),
-                    Tag.of("version", version.toString()),
+                    Tag.of("version", version),
                 ),
             ).register(meterRegistry)
     }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProviderTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProviderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec96716e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/cash/atto/node/NodeMetricProviderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package cash.atto.node
+
+import cash.atto.commons.AttoAlgorithm
+import cash.atto.commons.AttoNetwork
+import cash.atto.commons.AttoPublicKey
+import cash.atto.protocol.AttoNode
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockk
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import java.net.URI
+
+class NodeMetricProviderTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `preserves semantic version in metric tag`() {
+        // Given
+        val registry = SimpleMeterRegistry()
+        val provider = NodeMetricProvider(node(), "7.0.2-SNAPSHOT", registry)
+
+        // When
+        provider.start()
+
+        // Then
+        val gauge = registry.find("node.version").tag("version", "7.0.2").gauge()
+        assertNotNull(gauge)
+        assertEquals(1.0, gauge?.value())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `preserves local version in metric tag`() {
+        // Given
+        val registry = SimpleMeterRegistry()
+        val provider = NodeMetricProvider(node(), "local", registry)
+
+        // When
+        provider.start()
+
+        // Then
+        val gauge = registry.find("node.version").tag("version", "local").gauge()
+        assertNotNull(gauge)
+        assertEquals(1.0, gauge?.value())
+    }
+
+    private fun node(): AttoNode =
+        mockk {
+            every { publicUri } returns URI("ws://localhost:8080")
+            every { network } returns AttoNetwork.LOCAL
+            every { publicKey } returns AttoPublicKey(ByteArray(32))
+            every { algorithm } returns AttoAlgorithm.V1
+            every { features } returns emptySet()
+        }
+}