diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version-and-create-release-and-push-docker-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/bump-version-and-create-release-and-push-docker-images.yaml
index 0a45ee3e..9d4f5461 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version-and-create-release-and-push-docker-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version-and-create-release-and-push-docker-images.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compute new version
         id: bump_version
         run: |
-          initial_version=$(source version && echo ${VERSION#v})
-          new_version=$(.github/workflows/compute_version.sh "$initial_version" "${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}")
+          source version
+          new_version=$(.github/workflows/compute_version.sh "$VERSION" "${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}")
           echo "new_version=$new_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   update-version-file:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compute_version.sh b/.github/workflows/compute_version.sh
index 19bd1e87..f72af2f9 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/compute_version.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/compute_version.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-initial_version=${1//[^0-9.v]/}
+initial_version=${1//[^0-9.]/}
 input_string=${2//[^a-zA-Z0-9#]/}
 
-initial_major=$(echo "$initial_version" | cut -d'.' -f1 | cut -d'v' -f2)
+initial_major=$(echo "$initial_version" | cut -d'.' -f1)
 initial_minor=$(echo "$initial_version" | cut -d'.' -f2)
 initial_patch=$(echo "$initial_version" | cut -d'.' -f3)