diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 26e347f..6d51362 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ jobs:
           then
                 echo "This is a tagged build"
                 export RELEASE_VERSION='${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}'
-                RELEASE_VERSION="${RELEASE_VERSION#v}"
                 echo $RELEASE_VERSION
-                sed -i 's/__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"${RELEASE_VERSION}\"/' _version.py
+                sed -i "s/__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"${RELEASE_VERSION}\"/" _version.py
           else
                 echo "This is not a tagged build"
                 export STAGING_VERSION='${{ steps.staging_version.outputs.STAGING_VERSION }}'