diff --git a/build/VERSION b/build/VERSION
index b4e1736..63ebd3f 100644
--- a/build/VERSION
+++ b/build/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.5.4
\ No newline at end of file
+1.5.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index 3182fdf..05903bf 100644
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ VERSION=`cat VERSION`
 # Clone new code
 git clone https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge.git
 cd proton-bridge
-git checkout $VERSION
+git checkout v$VERSION
 
 # Build
 make build-nogui
diff --git a/update-check.py b/update-check.py
index b1127f6..e8d5381 100644
--- a/update-check.py
+++ b/update-check.py
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ response = requests.get(
     headers={"Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json"},
     )
 tags = json.loads(response.content)
-version_re = re.compile("v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)")
-releases = [tag["name"] for tag in tags if version_re.match(tag["name"])]
+version_re = re.compile("v\d+\.\d+\.\d+")
+releases = [tag["name"][1:] for tag in tags if version_re.match(tag["name"])]
 check_version("build", releases[0])