diff --git a/internal/buildinfo/parse.go b/internal/buildinfo/parse.go
index 31c4933..b5b2bd3 100644
--- a/internal/buildinfo/parse.go
+++ b/internal/buildinfo/parse.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package buildinfo
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/uw-labs/lichen/internal/model"
 )
 
+var goVersionRgx = regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*?): (?:(?:devel )?go[0-9]+|devel \+[0-9a-f]+)`)
+
 // Parse parses build info details as returned by `go version -m [bin ...]`
 func Parse(info string) ([]model.BuildInfo, error) {
 	var (
@@ -23,28 +26,14 @@ func Parse(info string) ([]model.BuildInfo, error) {
 
 		// start of new build info output
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(l, "\t") {
-			parts := strings.Split(l, ":")
-			if len(parts) < 2 {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid version line: %s", l)
-			}
-			version := strings.TrimSpace(parts[len(parts)-1])
-			path := strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-1], ":")
-			switch {
-			case version == "not executable file":
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is not an executable", parts[0])
-			case version == "unrecognized executable format":
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s has an unrecognized executable format", parts[0])
-			case version == "go version not found":
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s does not appear to be a Go compiled binary", parts[0])
-			case strings.HasPrefix(version, "go"):
-				// sensible looking
-			default:
+			matches := goVersionRgx.FindStringSubmatch(l)
+			if len(matches) != 2 {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognised version line: %s", l)
 			}
 			if current.Path != "" {
 				results = append(results, current)
 			}
-			current = model.BuildInfo{Path: path}
+			current = model.BuildInfo{Path: matches[1]}
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/buildinfo/parse_test.go b/internal/buildinfo/parse_test.go
index b90f5a8..5bad8b8 100644
--- a/internal/buildinfo/parse_test.go
+++ b/internal/buildinfo/parse_test.go
@@ -117,22 +117,43 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:        "not executable file",
-			input:       `/tmp/lichen: not executable file`,
-			expectedErr: "/tmp/lichen is not an executable",
+			name:  "development version (pre-go1.17)",
+			input: `/tmp/lichen: devel +01821137c2 Sat Apr 3 01:45:17 2021 +0000`,
+			expected: []model.BuildInfo{
+				{
+					Path: "/tmp/lichen",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "development version (current)",
+			input: `/tmp/lichen: devel go1.18-0c83e01e0c Wed Aug 18 15:11:52 2021 +0000`,
+			expected: []model.BuildInfo{
+				{
+					Path: "/tmp/lichen",
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:        "unrecognised exe file",
-			input:       `/tmp/lichen: unrecognized executable format`,
-			expectedErr: "/tmp/lichen has an unrecognized executable format",
+			name:  "development version (old)",
+			input: `/tmp/lichen: devel +b7a85e0003 linux/amd64`,
+			expected: []model.BuildInfo{
+				{
+					Path: "/tmp/lichen",
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:        "go version not found",
-			input:       `/tmp/lichen: go version not found`,
-			expectedErr: "/tmp/lichen does not appear to be a Go compiled binary",
+			name:  "windows development version",
+			input: `C:\lichen.exe: devel go1.18-0c83e01e0c Wed Aug 18 15:11:52 2021 +0000`,
+			expected: []model.BuildInfo{
+				{
+					Path: `C:\lichen.exe`,
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:        "invalid",
+			name:        "unrecognised line",
 			input:       `/tmp/lichen: invalid`,
 			expectedErr: "unrecognised version line: /tmp/lichen: invalid",
 		},
diff --git a/internal/module/extract.go b/internal/module/extract.go
index 615f9e0..7c332bc 100644
--- a/internal/module/extract.go
+++ b/internal/module/extract.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func Extract(ctx context.Context, paths ...string) ([]model.BuildInfo, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if err := verifyExtracted(parsed, paths); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not extract module information from binaries: %v", paths)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not extract module information: %w", err)
 	}
 	return parsed, nil
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func verifyExtracted(extracted []model.BuildInfo, requested []string) (err error
 	}
 	for _, path := range requested {
 		if _, found := buildInfos[path]; !found {
-			err = multierror.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("modules could not be obtained from %s", path))
+			err = multierror.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("modules could not be obtained from %[1]s (hint: run `go version -m %[1]q`)", path))
 		}
 	}
 	return