diff --git a/changes/bug21450 b/changes/bug21450
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1cf89ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug21450
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (voting consistency):
+    - Reject version numbers with components that exceed INT32_MAX.
+      Otherwise 32-bit and 64-bit platforms would behave inconsistently.
+      Fixes bug 21450; bugfix on 0.0.8pre1.
diff --git a/src/or/routerparse.c b/src/or/routerparse.c
index a896dde2b..c325412e3 100644
--- a/src/or/routerparse.c
+++ b/src/or/routerparse.c
@@ -5605,6 +5605,7 @@ tor_version_parse(const char *s, tor_version_t *out)
 {
   char *eos=NULL;
   const char *cp=NULL;
+  int ok = 1;
   /* Format is:
    *   "Tor " ? NUM dot NUM [ dot NUM [ ( pre | rc | dot ) NUM ] ] [ - tag ]
    */
@@ -5620,7 +5621,9 @@ tor_version_parse(const char *s, tor_version_t *out)
 
 #define NUMBER(m)                               \
   do {                                          \
-    out->m = (int)strtol(cp, &eos, 10);         \
+    out->m = (int)tor_parse_uint64(val, 10, 0, INT32_MAX, &ok, &eos); \
+    if (!ok)                                    \
+      return -1;                                \
     if (!eos || eos == cp)                      \
       return -1;                                \
     cp = eos;                                   \