diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-misc/src/gitea_client.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-misc/src/gitea_client.rs
index b303cd5..8877484 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please-misc/src/gitea_client.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-misc/src/gitea_client.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Tag> for Version {
         tracing::trace!(name = &value.name, "parsing tag into version");
         value
             .name
+            .trim_start_matches("v")
             .parse::<Version>()
             .context("could not get version from tag")
     }