diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/ordering/AbstractVersionComparator.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/ordering/AbstractVersionComparator.java
index 1baeea0a35..ecc87f1a39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/ordering/AbstractVersionComparator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/ordering/AbstractVersionComparator.java
@@ -59,17 +59,8 @@ public final int getSegmentCount( ArtifactVersion v )
      */
     public final ArtifactVersion incrementSegment( ArtifactVersion v, Segment segment ) throws InvalidSegmentException
     {
-        if ( VersionComparators.isSnapshot( v ) )
-        {
-            return VersionComparators.copySnapshot( v, innerIncrementSegment( VersionComparators.stripSnapshot( v ),
-                    segment ) );
-        }
-        int segmentCount = getSegmentCount( v );
-        if ( segment.value() >= segmentCount )
-        {
-            throw new InvalidSegmentException( segment, segmentCount, v );
-        }
-        return innerIncrementSegment( v, segment );
+        return VersionComparators.copySnapshot( v, innerIncrementSegment( VersionComparators.stripSnapshot( v ),
+                segment ) );
     }
 
     protected abstract ArtifactVersion innerIncrementSegment( ArtifactVersion v, Segment segment )
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DependencyUpdatesReportMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DependencyUpdatesReportMojoTest.java
index 7403e2610f..91db5ba553 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DependencyUpdatesReportMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/DependencyUpdatesReportMojoTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.matchesPattern;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -307,4 +308,25 @@ public void testDependenciesShouldOverrideDependencyManagement() throws IOExcept
         String output = os.toString().replaceAll( "\n", "" );
         assertThat( output, Matchers.stringContainsInOrder( "artifactB" ) );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWrongReportBounds() throws IOException, MavenReportException
+    {
+        OutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        SinkFactory sinkFactory = new Xhtml5SinkFactory();
+        new TestDependencyUpdatesReportMojo()
+                .withOnlyUpgradable( true )
+                .withDependencies(
+                        dependencyOf( "test-artifact" ) )
+                .withArtifactMetadataSource( mockArtifactMetadataSource( new HashMap<String, String[]>()
+                {{
+                   put( "test-artifact", new String[] { "1.0.0", "2.0.0-M1", "2.0.0-beta1", "2.0.0-rc2" } );
+                }} ) )
+                .generate( sinkFactory.createSink( os ), sinkFactory, Locale.getDefault() );
+
+        String output = os.toString().replaceAll( "\n", "" );
+        assertThat( output, allOf(
+                matchesPattern( ".*<td>report.overview.numNewerMajorAvailable</td>\\s*<td>1</td>.*" ),
+                matchesPattern( ".*<td>report.overview.numUpToDate</td>\\s*<td>0</td>.*" ) ) );
+    }
 }