diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/korlibs/root/RootKorlibsPlugin.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/korlibs/root/RootKorlibsPlugin.kt
index 4d7ef3d59d..725689673b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/korlibs/root/RootKorlibsPlugin.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/korlibs/root/RootKorlibsPlugin.kt
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@ fun Project.getForcedVersion(): String {
         ?.removePrefix("refs/tags/")
         ?.removePrefix("v")
         ?.removePrefix("w")
+        ?.removePrefix("z")
         ?: project.version.toString()
 }