diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f5e6a9..1e52bfa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ endif
 # Used for semver bumping
 PROTECTED_BRANCH := master
 APP_NAME    := $(shell basename -s .git `git config --get remote.origin.url`)
-CURRENT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+CURRENT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match "v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*")
 VERSION_PARTS := $(subst ., ,$(subst v,,$(subst -rc, ,$(CURRENT_VERSION))))
 MAJOR := $(word 1,$(VERSION_PARTS))
 MINOR := $(word 2,$(VERSION_PARTS))