diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 020cc6cdb4a..4cfa958cccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set version
         run: |
           tag_name="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
-          tag_value="${tag_name:1}-ice36"
+          tag_name=$(grep -o '[0-9].*' <<< $tag_name)
+          tag_value="${tag_name}-ice36"
           echo "omero.version=$tag_value" >> etc/local.properties
       - name: Build and package
         run: ./build.py build-dev release-all release-src