diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f337754b..73a6d40d 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ async function getToolSemver(data) {
         return data['version'];
     }
     else {
-        return JSON.parse(response['data']).pop()['ref'].split('/').pop();
+        const tag = JSON.parse(response['data']).pop()['ref'].split('/').pop();
+        return tag.replace(/^v(\d)/, '$1');
     }
 }
 exports.getToolSemver = getToolSemver;
diff --git a/src/tools.ts b/src/tools.ts
index 322876f8..32cd2b44 100644
--- a/src/tools.ts
+++ b/src/tools.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export async function getToolSemver(
     data['error'] = response.error ?? `No version found with prefix ${ref}.`;
     return data['version'];
   } else {
-    return JSON.parse(response['data']).pop()['ref'].split('/').pop();
+    const tag = JSON.parse(response['data']).pop()['ref'].split('/').pop();
+    return tag.replace(/^v(\d)/, '$1');
   }
 }