diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 928091f..916c474 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ package:
     DESCRIPTION: "A painless self-hosted Git service."
     ARTIFACTS: "usr"
   script:
-    - export VERSION=$(echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} | cut -d'-' -f1)
+    - export VERSION=$(echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG#*v} | cut -d'-' -f1)
     - export PATCHLEVEL=$(echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} | cut -d'-' -f2)
     - apt-get -qq update
     - apt-get -qqy install ruby-dev ruby-ffi curl