diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge_master.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge_master.yaml
index a81add1..22f84c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge_master.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge_master.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       build_number: ${{ steps.short_sha.outputs.value }}
       new_release: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published }}
-      release: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}
+      release: ${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}
       release_notes: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_notes }}
 
     steps:
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ jobs:
       id: short_sha
       run: echo "::set-output name=value::$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 
+    - name: Remove prefix 'v' from version
+      id: version
+      run: echo "::set-output name=value::`echo ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }} | sed -r 's|v()|\1|'`"
+
 
   build:
     if: needs.prepare.outputs.new_release == 'true'
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [ prepare, build ]
 
     steps:
+
     - name: Create Pre Release
       uses: actions/create-release@v1
       env:
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
         VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release }}
       with:
-        tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}.${{ env.BUILD }}
+        tag_name: v${{ env.VERSION }}.${{ env.BUILD }}
         release_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}.${{ env.BUILD }}
         body: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
         prerelease: true
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
       with:
-        tag_name: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release }}
+        tag_name: v${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release }}
         release_name: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release }}
         body: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.release_notes }}
         draft: true
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index 80b0ec0..bcd5b50 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "tagFormat": "${version}",
   "plugins": [
       "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
       "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",