diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 74c4add..74778a6 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -125,12 +125,17 @@
       failed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true
 
-    - name: Dev1 | Normalize banner (X.X.X-rYYYY)
+    - name: Dev1 | Normalize banner (convert 'rev' → '-r' and extract)
       delegate_to: localhost
+      run_once: true
       set_fact:
         dev1_fw_clean: >-
           {{
-            (dev1_banner.stdout | default('') | regex_search('[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-r[0-9]+'))
+            (
+              (dev1_banner.stdout | default('') | trim)
+              | regex_replace('[Rr][Ee][Vv]\\.?\\s*([0-9]+)', '-r\\1')
+              | regex_search('[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-r[0-9]+')
+            )
             | default('', true)
             | trim
           }}
@@ -202,14 +207,32 @@
       failed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true
 
-    - name: Dev2 | Extract firmware version line
+    - name: Dev2 | Extract firmware version line (prefer 'rev', else first non-empty)
       delegate_to: localhost
+      run_once: true
       set_fact:
         indoor_fw_norm: >-
           {{
-            (dev2_firmux.stdout | default('') | regex_search('.*\\brev\\s*[0-9]+.*'))
-            | default('', true)
-            | trim
+            (
+              (
+                dev2_firmux.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')
+              ) | split('\n')
+              | map('trim')
+              | select('truthy')
+              | list
+            ) | select('match', '(?i).*\\brev\\s*[0-9]+.*')
+              | list
+              | first
+              | default(
+                  ((dev2_firmux.stdout | default('') | regex_replace('\r','')) 
+                  | split('\n') 
+                  | map('trim') 
+                  | select('truthy') 
+                  | list 
+                  | first 
+                  | default(''))
+                )
+              | trim
           }}
 
     - name: Publish Dev2 indoor_fwver