diff --git a/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh b/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh
index 6cb833f98a4e..8dce621bb4de 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ cargo install --version 2.7.0 cargo-deb --locked -q
 echo "Using cargo-deb v$(cargo-deb --version)"
 echo "Building a Debian package for '$PRODUCT' in '$PROFILE' profile"
 
-# we need to start  the custom version with a didgit as requires it cargo-deb
-cargo deb --profile $PROFILE --no-strip --no-build -p $PRODUCT --deb-version 1-$VERSION
+cargo deb --profile $PROFILE --no-strip --no-build -p $PRODUCT --deb-version $VERSION
 
 deb=target/debian/$PRODUCT_*_amd64.deb
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml
index d76f36e95c8d..d925839fb84a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build polkadot deb package
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        . "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh ${{ inputs.package }} ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+        . "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.github/scripts/common/lib.sh
+        VERSION=$(get_polkadot_node_version_from_code)
+        . "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh ${{ inputs.package }} ${VERSION}
 
     - name: Generate artifact attestation
       uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@1c608d11d69870c2092266b3f9a6f3abbf17002c # v1.4.3