diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/ReactiveAdminClient.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/ReactiveAdminClient.java
index 731824cdf0..85f0d17fb1 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/ReactiveAdminClient.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/service/ReactiveAdminClient.java
@@ -90,10 +90,15 @@ public class ReactiveAdminClient implements Closeable {
   }
 
   private static SupportedFeature getSupportedUpdateFeatureForVersion(String versionStr) {
-    float version = NumberUtil.parserClusterVersion(versionStr);
-    return version <= 2.3f
-        ? SupportedFeature.ALTER_CONFIGS
-        : SupportedFeature.INCREMENTAL_ALTER_CONFIGS;
+    try {
+      float version = NumberUtil.parserClusterVersion(versionStr);
+      return version <= 2.3f
+          ? SupportedFeature.ALTER_CONFIGS
+          : SupportedFeature.INCREMENTAL_ALTER_CONFIGS;
+    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+      log.info("Assuming non-incremental alter configs due to version parsing error");
+      return SupportedFeature.ALTER_CONFIGS;
+    }
   }
 
   //TODO: discuss - maybe we should map kafka-library's exceptions to our exceptions here
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/util/NumberUtil.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/util/NumberUtil.java
index cb1f08b3ab..9ea8c037cc 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/util/NumberUtil.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/util/NumberUtil.java
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ public class NumberUtil {
     return value != null && NumberUtils.isCreatable(value.toString());
   }
 
-  public static float parserClusterVersion(String version) {
+  public static float parserClusterVersion(String version) throws NumberFormatException {
+    log.trace("Parsing cluster version [{}]", version);
     try {
       final String[] parts = version.split("\\.");
       if (parts.length > 2) {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public class NumberUtil {
       }
       return Float.parseFloat(version.split("-")[0]);
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      log.error("Conversion clusterVersion {} to float value failed", version);
+      log.error("Conversion clusterVersion [{}] to float value failed", version, e);
       throw e;
     }
   }