diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1678e23..c4be19a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "contact@madladsquad.com"
           git fetch --all
           git submodule update --remote --merge --init --recursive
-          sed -i "s/project(UntitledOpen.*/project(UntitledOpen VERSION ${{ github.ref_name }})/g" CMakeLists.txt
+          ver="${{ github_ref_name }}"
+          sed -i "s/project(UntitledOpen.*/project(UntitledOpen VERSION ${ver:1})/g" CMakeLists.txt
           git add . && git commit -m "Automatically bump version" && git push origin HEAD:master
       - name: Create archive
         shell: bash