diff --git a/.github/workflows/tagged-nightly-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/tagged-nightly-release.yaml
index c24b7e1d..00cc2b2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tagged-nightly-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tagged-nightly-release.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ jobs:
         id: set_version
         run: |
           if [[ ${{ github.event_name }} == 'release' ]]; then
-            echo "VERSION=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+            VERSION=${VERSION#v}
+            echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "VERSION=nightly-untagged-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tagged-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/tagged-release.yaml
index cc6822a9..167dd76a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tagged-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tagged-release.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set version
         id: set_version
         run: |
-          echo "VERSION=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          VERSION=${VERSION#v}
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3