use masterMindsSemver

Signed-off-by: Arjun Raja Yogidas <[email protected]>

Author: coderbirju

go.mod

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241108190413-2d47ceb2692f // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250218202821-56aae31c358a // indirect
 	//gomodjail:unconfined
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.2 // indirect

pkg/snapshotterutil/sociutil.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/client"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
@@ -81,14 +81,23 @@ func CheckSociVersion(requiredVersion string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse SOCI version from output: %s", versionStr)
 	}
 
-	// Extract version number and add 'v' prefix required by semver package
-	// The regex captures only the numeric part, so we always need to add the 'v'
-	installedVersion := "v" + matches[1]
-	requiredSemver := "v" + requiredVersion
+	// Extract version number
+	installedVersionStr := matches[1]
 
-	// Use semver package to compare versions
-	if semver.Compare(installedVersion, requiredSemver) < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("SOCI version %s is lower than the required version %s for the convert operation", strings.TrimPrefix(installedVersion, "v"), requiredVersion)
+	// Parse versions using semver package
+	installedVersion, err := semver.NewVersion(installedVersionStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse installed SOCI version: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	reqVersion, err := semver.NewVersion(requiredVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse required SOCI version: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Compare versions
+	if installedVersion.LessThan(reqVersion) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("SOCI version %s is lower than the required version %s for the convert operation", installedVersion.String(), reqVersion.String())
 	}
 
 	return nil