diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
index 285355861245766a6aa6a279e779f71e625183f3..67c3bd2a4db1286b8eecf4d06ac69437e8c2da57 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ sub load_registry_from_db {
       if ( $2 eq $software_version ) {
         $temp{$1} = $2;
       }
-    } elsif ( $db =~ /^(ensembl_ontology)_(\d+)/x ) {
+    } elsif ( $db =~ /^(ensembl(?:genomes)_ontology)_(\d+)/x ) {
       if ( $2 eq $software_version ) {
         $ontology_version = $2;
       }