diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 41f16cb..78c32fe 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ runs:
       run: |
         cd ${{ inputs.path }}
         set +o pipefail
-        latest_tag=$(ls -1d * \
+        latest_tag="v$(ls -1d * \
           | grep -E "^v([0-9]+\.)?([0-9]+\.)?([0-9]+)$" \
+          | sed 's/^v//' \
           | sort -t "." -k1,1n -k2,2n -k3,3n \
-          | tail -1)
-        latest_rc_tag=$(ls -1d * \
+          | tail -1)"
+        latest_rc_tag="v$(ls -1d * \
           | grep -E "^v([0-9]+\.)?([0-9]+\.)?([0-9]+)(-rc[0-9]+)$" \
+          | sed 's/^v//' \
           | sort -t "." -k1,1n -k2,2n -k3,3n \
-          | tail -1)
+          | tail -1)"
         set -o pipefail
         rm -rf latest-tag
         rm -rf release-candidate