diff --git a/contrib/deb/generate.sh b/contrib/deb/generate.sh
index f99d8348..5af31d5c 100644
--- a/contrib/deb/generate.sh
+++ b/contrib/deb/generate.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 
 PKGBRANCH=$(basename `git name-rev --name-only HEAD`)
 PKGNAME=$(sh contrib/semver/name.sh)
-PKGVERSION=$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh | cut -c 2-)
+PKGVERSION=$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh --bare)
 PKGARCH=${PKGARCH-amd64}
 PKGFILE=$PKGNAME-$PKGVERSION-$PKGARCH.deb
 PKGREPLACES=yggdrasil
diff --git a/contrib/macos/create-pkg.sh b/contrib/macos/create-pkg.sh
index 167184e3..cc9a74f7 100755
--- a/contrib/macos/create-pkg.sh
+++ b/contrib/macos/create-pkg.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ chmod +x pkgbuild/root/usr/local/bin/yggdrasilctl
 
 # Work out metadata for the package info
 PKGNAME=$(sh contrib/semver/name.sh)
-PKGVERSION=$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh | cut -c 2-)
+PKGVERSION=$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh --bare)
 PKGARCH=${PKGARCH-amd64}
 PAYLOADSIZE=$(( $(wc -c pkgbuild/flat/base.pkg/Payload | awk '{ print $1 }') / 1024 ))