diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 89741b83..80ad0305 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get version
         id: version
-        run: echo VERSION=sha-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo VERSION=$(git describe --exact-match --tags | sed 's/^v//') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - run echo ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Build packages
         run: make packages VERSION=${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}