diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8b8b76e3..5b4a42dd0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ endif
 
 CGO_CFLAGS = -I/$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I/$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin
 GOBIN = $(dir $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))build/bin
-GIT_COMMIT = $(shell git describe --exact-match --tag 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+GIT_COMMIT = $(shell git describe --exact-match --tag 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v\(.*\)$$/\1/' \
+	|| git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 AUTHOR = $(shell echo $$USER)
 
 BUILD_FLAGS ?= $(shell echo "-ldflags '-X main.buildStamp=`date -u '+%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S'` -X github.com/status-im/status-go/params.Version=$(GIT_COMMIT)'")