diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 0865b39810..72f0eb7f76 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -1403,6 +1403,9 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(version_tuple('1'), (1,))
         self.assertEqual(version_tuple('10.23.344'), (10, 23, 344))
         self.assertEqual(version_tuple('10.1-6'), (10, 1, 6))  # avconv style
+        self.assertEqual(version_tuple('invalid', lenient=True), (-1,))
+        self.assertEqual(version_tuple('1.2.3', lenient=True), (1, 2, 3))
+        self.assertEqual(version_tuple('12.34-something', lenient=True), (12, 34, -1))
 
     def test_detect_exe_version(self):
         self.assertEqual(detect_exe_version('''ffmpeg version 1.2.1
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/ejs.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/ejs.py
index 52d7ecf170..11c8e7ac52 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/ejs.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/jsc/_builtin/ejs.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.jsc.provider import (
 )
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import configuration_arg
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import provider_bug_report_message
+from yt_dlp.utils import version_tuple
 from yt_dlp.utils._jsruntime import JsRuntimeInfo
 
 if _has_ejs:
@@ -223,7 +224,8 @@ class EJSBaseJCP(JsChallengeProvider):
                 skipped_components.append(script)
                 continue
             if not self.is_dev:
-                if script.version != self._SCRIPT_VERSION:
+                # Matching patch version is expected to have same hash
+                if version_tuple(script.version, lenient=True)[:2] != version_tuple(self._SCRIPT_VERSION, lenient=True)[:2]:
                     self.logger.warning(
                         f'Challenge solver {script_type.value} script version {script.version} '
                         f'is not supported (source: {script.source.value}, variant: {script.variant}, supported version: {self._SCRIPT_VERSION})')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py
index 94db52bf19..4ea230da42 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ import functools
 import os.path
 import sys
 
-from ._utils import _get_exe_version_output, detect_exe_version, int_or_none
-
-
-def _runtime_version_tuple(v):
-    # NB: will return (0,) if `v` is an invalid version string
-    return tuple(int_or_none(x, default=0) for x in v.split('.'))
+from ._utils import _get_exe_version_output, detect_exe_version, version_tuple
 
 
 _FALLBACK_PATHEXT = ('.COM', '.EXE', '.BAT', '.CMD')
@@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ class DenoJsRuntime(JsRuntime):
         if not out:
             return None
         version = detect_exe_version(out, r'^deno (\S+)', 'unknown')
-        vt = _runtime_version_tuple(version)
+        vt = version_tuple(version, lenient=True)
         return JsRuntimeInfo(
             name='deno', path=path, version=version, version_tuple=vt,
             supported=vt >= self.MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION)
@@ -107,7 +102,7 @@ class BunJsRuntime(JsRuntime):
         if not out:
             return None
         version = detect_exe_version(out, r'^(\S+)', 'unknown')
-        vt = _runtime_version_tuple(version)
+        vt = version_tuple(version, lenient=True)
         return JsRuntimeInfo(
             name='bun', path=path, version=version, version_tuple=vt,
             supported=vt >= self.MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION)
@@ -122,7 +117,7 @@ class NodeJsRuntime(JsRuntime):
         if not out:
             return None
         version = detect_exe_version(out, r'^v(\S+)', 'unknown')
-        vt = _runtime_version_tuple(version)
+        vt = version_tuple(version, lenient=True)
         return JsRuntimeInfo(
             name='node', path=path, version=version, version_tuple=vt,
             supported=vt >= self.MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION)
@@ -140,7 +135,7 @@ class QuickJsRuntime(JsRuntime):
         is_ng = 'QuickJS-ng' in out
 
         version = detect_exe_version(out, r'^QuickJS(?:-ng)?\s+version\s+(\S+)', 'unknown')
-        vt = _runtime_version_tuple(version.replace('-', '.'))
+        vt = version_tuple(version, lenient=True)
         if is_ng:
             return JsRuntimeInfo(
                 name='quickjs-ng', path=path, version=version, version_tuple=vt,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index 65cd2373ce..b0ca950248 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -2895,8 +2895,9 @@ def limit_length(s, length):
     return s
 
 
-def version_tuple(v):
-    return tuple(int(e) for e in re.split(r'[-.]', v))
+def version_tuple(v, *, lenient=False):
+    parse = int_or_none(default=-1) if lenient else int
+    return tuple(parse(e) for e in re.split(r'[-.]', v))
 
 
 def is_outdated_version(version, limit, assume_new=True):