diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8a73685..e4b10cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           DESTDIR: '/tmp/gohip-deb' # keep path absolute - meson has issues with relative paths on CI
         run: |
           mkdir -p $DESTDIR
-          RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | tr -d 'v')
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | tr -d 'refs/tags/v')
           GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION DESTDIR=$DESTDIR make debian-pkg
           find $DESTDIR