diff --git a/tools/stable-tag.sh b/tools/stable-tag.sh
index 5f11eb31e104..74362e1efcf9 100755
--- a/tools/stable-tag.sh
+++ b/tools/stable-tag.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if ! jq -e '.' <<<"$JSON" &>/dev/null; then
 	die "Failed to retrieve JSON data from https://api.github.com/repos/$MIRROR/releases/latest"
 fi
 
-GH_LATEST=$(jq -r '.tag_name' <<<"$GH_JSON")
+GH_LATEST=$(jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr( "v" )' <<<"$GH_JSON")
 
 yellow "Current stable tag: ${CURRENT_STABLE_VERSION}"
 yellow "Latest tag in SVN: ${SVN_LATEST}"