diff --git a/build/BuildTasks/GitVersion.cs b/build/BuildTasks/GitVersion.cs
index f04d8244a..8b99b22f9 100644
--- a/build/BuildTasks/GitVersion.cs
+++ b/build/BuildTasks/GitVersion.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace BuildTasks {
                 }
             }
 
-            WriteIfChanged(versionHPath,  versionHTemplate, commits, versionStr, releaseVersion.Name, taggedRelease ? "1" : "0", installerVersion, resourceVersion);
+            WriteIfChanged(versionHPath,  versionHTemplate, commits, versionStr, releaseVersion.Name.TrimStart("v"), taggedRelease ? "1" : "0", installerVersion, resourceVersion);
             WriteIfChanged(versionXmlPath,  versionXmlTemplate, commits, versionStr);
 
             return true;