diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e356ecf9..5ba90bb9e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ git_describe_command = [
     "--dirty",
     "--long",
     "--match",
-    "'[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*'",
+    "[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*",
     "--exclude",
-    "'*[^0-9.]*'",
+    "*[^0-9.]*",
 ]
 
 [tool.black]