diff --git a/kombu/utils/text.py b/kombu/utils/text.py
index a6558cfc7..fd359f8bd 100644
--- a/kombu/utils/text.py
+++ b/kombu/utils/text.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 """Text Utilities."""
+
 # flake8: noqa
 
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 from typing import Iterable, Iterator
 
@@ -14,12 +16,15 @@ def escape_regex(p, white=''):
     # type: (str, str) -> str
     """Escape string for use within a regular expression."""
     # what's up with re.escape? that code must be neglected or something
-    return ''.join(c if c.isalnum() or c in white
-                   else ('\\000' if c == '\000' else '\\' + c)
-                   for c in p)
+    return ''.join(
+        c if c.isalnum() or c in white else ('\\000' if c == '\000' else '\\' + c)
+        for c in p
+    )
 
 
-def fmatch_iter(needle: str, haystack: Iterable[str], min_ratio: float = 0.6) -> Iterator[tuple[float, str]]:
+def fmatch_iter(
+    needle: str, haystack: Iterable[str], min_ratio: float = 0.6
+) -> Iterator[tuple[float, str]]:
     """Fuzzy match: iteratively.
 
     Yields
@@ -32,39 +37,76 @@ def fmatch_iter(needle: str, haystack: Iterable[str], min_ratio: float = 0.6) ->
             yield ratio, key
 
 
-def fmatch_best(needle: str, haystack: Iterable[str], min_ratio: float = 0.6) -> str | None:
+def fmatch_best(
+    needle: str, haystack: Iterable[str], min_ratio: float = 0.6
+) -> str | None:
     """Fuzzy match - Find best match (scalar)."""
     try:
         return sorted(
-            fmatch_iter(needle, haystack, min_ratio), reverse=True,
-        )[0][1]
+            fmatch_iter(needle, haystack, min_ratio),
+            reverse=True,
+        )[
+            0
+        ][1]
     except IndexError:
         return None
 
 
-def version_string_as_tuple(s: str) -> version_info_t:
-    """Convert version string to version info tuple."""
-    v = _unpack_version(*s.split('.'))
-    # X.Y.3a1 -> (X, Y, 3, 'a1')
-    if isinstance(v.micro, str):
-        v = version_info_t(v.major, v.minor, *_splitmicro(*v[2:]))
-    # X.Y.3a1-40 -> (X, Y, 3, 'a1', '40')
-    if not v.serial and v.releaselevel and '-' in v.releaselevel:
-        v = version_info_t(*list(v[0:3]) + v.releaselevel.split('-'))
-    return v
+def version_string_as_tuple(version: str) -> version_info_t:
+    """Parse a version string into its components and return a version_info_t tuple.
+
+    The version string is expected to follow the pattern:
+    'major.minor.micro[releaselevel][serial]'. Each component of the version
+    is extracted and returned as a tuple in the format (major, minor, micro,
+    releaselevel, serial).
+
+    Args
+    ----
+        version (str): The version string to parse.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+        version_info_t: A tuple containing the parsed version components.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+        ValueError: If the version string is invalid and does not match the expected pattern.
+    """
+    pattern = r'^(\d+)'  # catching the major version (mandatory)
+    pattern += r'(?:\.(\d+))?'  # optionally catching the minor version
+    pattern += r'(?:\.(\d+))?'  # optionally catching the micro version
+    pattern += r'(?:\.*([a-zA-Z+-][\da-zA-Z+-]*))?'  # optionally catching the release level (starting with a letter, + or -) after a dot
+    pattern += r'(?:\.(.*))?'  # optionally catching the serial number after a dot
+
+    # applying the regex pattern to the input version string
+    match = re.match(pattern, version)
+
+    if not match:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid version string: {version}")
+
+    # extracting the matched groups
+    major = int(match.group(1))
+    minor = int(match.group(2)) if match.group(2) else 0
+    micro = int(match.group(3)) if match.group(3) else 0
+    releaselevel = match.group(4) if match.group(4) else ''
+    serial = match.group(5) if match.group(5) else ''
+
+    return _unpack_version(major, minor, micro, releaselevel, serial)
 
 
 def _unpack_version(
-    major: str,
+    major: str | int = 0,
     minor: str | int = 0,
     micro: str | int = 0,
     releaselevel: str = '',
-    serial: str = ''
+    serial: str = '',
 ) -> version_info_t:
-    return version_info_t(int(major), int(minor), micro, releaselevel, serial)
+    return version_info_t(int(major), int(minor), int(micro), releaselevel, serial)
 
 
-def _splitmicro(micro: str, releaselevel: str = '', serial: str = '') -> tuple[int, str, str]:
+def _splitmicro(
+    micro: str, releaselevel: str = '', serial: str = ''
+) -> tuple[int, str, str]:
     for index, char in enumerate(micro):
         if not char.isdigit():
             break
diff --git a/t/unit/utils/test_utils.py b/t/unit/utils/test_utils.py
index 08f950836..051928768 100644
--- a/t/unit/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/t/unit/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -8,15 +8,25 @@
 
 def test_dir():
     import kombu
+
     assert dir(kombu)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('version,expected', [
-    ('3', version_info_t(3, 0, 0, '', '')),
-    ('3.3', version_info_t(3, 3, 0, '', '')),
-    ('3.3.1', version_info_t(3, 3, 1, '', '')),
-    ('3.3.1a3', version_info_t(3, 3, 1, 'a3', '')),
-    ('3.3.1.a3.40c32', version_info_t(3, 3, 1, 'a3', '40c32')),
-])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'version,expected',
+    [
+        ('3', version_info_t(3, 0, 0, '', '')),
+        ('3.3', version_info_t(3, 3, 0, '', '')),
+        ('3.3.1', version_info_t(3, 3, 1, '', '')),
+        ('3.3.1a3', version_info_t(3, 3, 1, 'a3', '')),
+        ('3.3.1.a3.40c32', version_info_t(3, 3, 1, 'a3', '40c32')),
+        ('4.0.0+beta.3.47.g4f1a05b', version_info_t(
+            4, 0, 0, '+beta', '3.47.g4f1a05b')),
+        ('4.0.0-beta3.47.g4f1a05b', version_info_t(
+            4, 0, 0, '-beta3', '47.g4f1a05b')),
+        ('4.0.1-alpha.3+40c32', version_info_t(4, 0, 1, '-alpha', '3+40c32')),
+        ('0+beta3.14159265', version_info_t(0, 0, 0, '+beta3', '14159265')),
+    ],
+)
 def test_version_string_as_tuple(version, expected):
     assert version_string_as_tuple(version) == expected