diff --git a/CI/create_version_badge.sh b/CI/create_version_badge.sh
index c7a85af2b89eccb48679601dffe6a31396739cfc..87ceae3ce7449dea4ba8ce33b943357ca9fe9ce8 100644
--- a/CI/create_version_badge.sh
+++ b/CI/create_version_badge.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION="$(git describe master)"
+VERSION="$(git describe --match v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]* --abbrev=0)"
 COLOR="blue"
 BADGE_NAME="version"