diff --git a/images/ubuntu/scripts/docs-gen/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1 b/images/ubuntu/scripts/docs-gen/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
index 7f1dffb65..a61b0a8d7 100644
--- a/images/ubuntu/scripts/docs-gen/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
+++ b/images/ubuntu/scripts/docs-gen/SoftwareReport.Tools.psm1
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function Get-NvmVersion {
 }
 
 function Get-PackerVersion {
-    $packerVersion = packer --version
+    $packerVersion = (packer --version | Select-String "^Packer").Line.Replace('v','') | Get-StringPart -Part 1
     return $packerVersion
 }