diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 1f7c501..35f9d57 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -49,17 +49,16 @@
         msg:
           - "Dev1 banner raw: {{ (dev1_banner.stdout | default('') | trim) | regex_replace('\\n',' ') }}"
 
-    # Extract exactly "X.Y.Z rev NNNN" by dropping anything after the pipe
-    - name: Dev1 | Extract 'X.Y.Z rev NNNN' by removing trailing timestamp
+    - name: Dev1 | Strip trailing timestamp after pipe
       delegate_to: localhost
       set_fact:
-        dev1_fw_clean: "{{ (dev1_banner.stdout | default('') | trim) | regex_replace('\\s*\\|.*$', '') }}"
+        dev1_fw_base: "{{ (dev1_banner.stdout | default('') | trim) | regex_replace('\\s*\\|.*$', '') }}"
 
-    - name: Dev1 | Debug normalized fw string to be published
+    - name: Dev1 | Convert '... rev NNNN' → '...-rNNNN'
       delegate_to: localhost
-      debug:
-        msg:
-          - "Dev1 fw_version (clean): {{ dev1_fw_clean }}"
+      set_fact:
+        dev1_fw_clean: "{{ dev1_fw_base | regex_replace('\\s*[Rr][Ee][Vv]\\.??\\s*([0-9]+)\\s*$', '-r\\1') }}"
+
 
     # Build payload preview for Dev1 (so the next debug is defined)
     - name: Dev1 | Build payload preview string