diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffc82292..891736c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-VERSION=$(shell git describe --abbrev=8 --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo 0.11.3)
+VERSION=$(shell git describe --abbrev=8 --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo v0.11.3)
 WADS=wads
 ASCIIDOC=asciidoc
 ASCIIDOC_MAN=a2x -f manpage
diff --git a/scripts/makejson b/scripts/makejson
index 20ae633e..2312d537 100755
--- a/scripts/makejson
+++ b/scripts/makejson
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ json_file = os.getenv("JSON")
 if version is None:
     sys.stderr.write("Version is not specified for release\n")
     sys.exit(1)
+if version[0] is "v":
+    # Strip the leading "v" from versioning
+    version = version[1:]
 
 if json_file is None:
     sys.stderr.write("JSON file not specified!\n")
diff --git a/scripts/makepkgs b/scripts/makepkgs
index a48ebf50..f321d8e9 100755
--- a/scripts/makepkgs
+++ b/scripts/makepkgs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ version = os.getenv("VERSION")
 if version is None:
     sys.stderr.write("Version not specified for release\n")
     sys.exit(1)
+if version[0] is "v":
+    # Strip the leading "v" from versioning
+    version = version[1:]
 
 path = os.path.dirname(FILES[0])
 basename = os.path.basename(FILES[0])