diff --git a/scripts/compare_releases.py b/scripts/compare_releases.py
index 1cfbba3..1342dcf 100644
--- a/scripts/compare_releases.py
+++ b/scripts/compare_releases.py
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ def min_version(v1, v2):
     return v2 if version_to_number(v1) > version_to_number(v2) else v1
 
 
-def version_between(v, v_min, v_max):
-    ge_min = v_min is None or version_to_number(v) >= version_to_number(v_min)
-    le_max = v_max is None or version_to_number(v) <= version_to_number(v_max)
-    return ge_min and le_max
+def release_between(release, min_version, max_version):
+    max_ver = 999999999 if max_version is None else version_to_number(max_version)
+    min_ver = 0 if min_version is None else version_to_number(min_version)
+    rel = version_to_number(release)
+
+    return min_ver <= rel <= max_ver
 
 
 def version_to_number(version):
diff --git a/scripts/report.py b/scripts/report.py
index e66017b..c984537 100644
--- a/scripts/report.py
+++ b/scripts/report.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from scripts.compare_releases import max_version, min_version
+from compare_releases import max_version, min_version
 
 
 class Report:
diff --git a/scripts/validate_ol_events.py b/scripts/validate_ol_events.py
index 1d4cec8..7846e79 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_ol_events.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_ol_events.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from os.path import isfile, join, isdir
 from jsonschema import Draft202012Validator
 from report import Test, Scenario, Component, Report
+from compare_releases import release_between
 from compare_events import match
 
 
@@ -119,22 +120,6 @@ def all_tests_succeeded(syntax_tests):
     return not any(t.status == "FAILURE" for t in syntax_tests.values())
 
 
-def version_to_number(version):
-    split = version.split('.')
-    major = int(split[0])
-    minor = int(split[0])
-    patch = int(split[0])
-    return major * 1000000 + minor * 1000 + patch
-
-
-def release_between(release, min_version, max_version):
-    max_ver = 999999999 if max_version is None else version_to_number(max_version)
-    min_ver = 0 if min_version is None else version_to_number(min_version)
-    rel = version_to_number(release)
-
-    return min_ver <= rel <= max_ver
-
-
 def get_expected_events(producer_dir, component, scenario_name, config, release):
     if component == 'scenarios':
         return None