diff --git a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRule.kt b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRule.kt
index dbd864c07..b7877883f 100644
--- a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRule.kt
+++ b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRule.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ import org.zalando.zally.core.plus
 import org.zalando.zally.core.toEscapedJsonPointer
 import org.zalando.zally.core.toJsonPointer
 import org.zalando.zally.core.util.PatternUtil
-import org.zalando.zally.rule.api.Check
-import org.zalando.zally.rule.api.Context
-import org.zalando.zally.rule.api.Rule
-import org.zalando.zally.rule.api.Severity
-import org.zalando.zally.rule.api.Violation
+import org.zalando.zally.rule.api.*
 import org.zalando.zally.ruleset.zalando.util.WordUtil.isPlural
 
 @Rule(
@@ -24,6 +20,7 @@ class PluralizeResourceNamesRule(rulesConfig: Config) {
     private val slash = "/"
 
     private val slashes = "/+".toRegex()
+    private val semVerVersionFormat = "^[0-9]+([.][0-9]+){1,2}$".toRegex()
 
     @Suppress("SpreadOperator")
     internal val whitelist = mutableListOf(
@@ -49,12 +46,22 @@ class PluralizeResourceNamesRule(rulesConfig: Config) {
     }
 
     private fun pathSegments(path: String): List<String> {
-        return path.split(slashes).filter { !it.isEmpty() }
+        return path.split(slashes).filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
     }
 
     private fun isNonViolating(it: String) =
-        !PatternUtil.isPathVariable(it) && !isPlural(it)
+        (!PatternUtil.isPathVariable(it) && (!isPlural(it) || it.contains(".")))
 
     private fun violation(context: Context, term: String, pointer: JsonPointer) =
-        context.violation("Resource '$term' appears to be singular", pointer)
+        when {
+            semVerVersionFormat.matches(term) -> {
+                context.violation("Resource '$term' is a version, instead of a resource", pointer)
+            }
+            term.contains(".") -> {
+                context.violation("Resource '$term' has a dot as delimiter", pointer)
+            }
+            else -> {
+                context.violation("Resource '$term' appears to be singular", pointer)
+            }
+        }
 }
diff --git a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/VersionInUriRule.kt b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/VersionInUriRule.kt
index 06bbeb448..65bad8886 100644
--- a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/VersionInUriRule.kt
+++ b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/VersionInUriRule.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class VersionInUriRule {
     @Check(severity = Severity.MUST)
     fun checkResourceNames(context: Context): List<Violation> =
         (violatingResourceNames(context.api))
-            .map { context.violation("Version found in resource name. Use versions only at the beginning of the path as an own resource, e.g. like .../v1/... .", it) }
+            .map { context.violation("Version found in resource name. Use versions only at the beginning of the path as an own resource and in format v\${major}, e.g. like .../v1/... .", it) }
 
     private fun violatingServers(api: OpenAPI): Collection<Server> =
         api.servers.orEmpty()
diff --git a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 799db0cbd..e57d7ab00 100644
--- a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ PluralizeResourceNamesRule {
   whitelist: [
     /api/
     /kpis/
+    /"v[0-9]"/
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/test/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRuleTest.kt b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/test/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRuleTest.kt
index 623bcd0a4..e1f9a26a7 100644
--- a/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/test/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRuleTest.kt
+++ b/server/zally-ruleset-sbb/src/test/kotlin/org/zalando/zally/ruleset/sbb/PluralizeResourceNamesRuleTest.kt
@@ -150,6 +150,33 @@ class PluralizeResourceNamesRuleTest {
             .isEmpty()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `validate with simple version in path returns no violations`() {
+        val context = openApiContextWithPath("/v1/things")
+
+        val violations = rule.validate(context)
+
+        assertThat(violations)
+            .isEmpty()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `validate with semver version or dot in path segment returns violations`() {
+        val context = openApiContextWithPath("/api/1.2.3/some.things")
+
+        val violations = rule.validate(context)
+
+        assertThat(violations)
+            .descriptionsEqualTo(
+                "Resource '1.2.3' is a version, instead of a resource",
+                "Resource 'some.things' has a dot as delimiter"
+            )
+            .pointersEqualTo(
+                "/paths/~1api~11.2.3~1some.things",
+                "/paths/~1api~11.2.3~1some.things"
+            )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `validate with whitelisted component returns other violations`() {
         val context = openApiContextWithPath("/prefix/whitelisted/suffix")