diff --git a/script/release.sh b/script/release.sh
index 8f08eeb281..14bec2a54f 100755
--- a/script/release.sh
+++ b/script/release.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -ex
 #                 In other words, if we have two consecutive releases the latest tag in the second release is going to point to an invalid
 #                 tag (because there will not be images tagged with the previous release tag).
 LATEST_TAG=$(git tag | sed 's#[^/]*/##' | sort | tail -n 1)
-FLYTEKIT_TAG=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/flyteorg/flytekit/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)
+FLYTEKIT_TAG=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/flyteorg/flytekit/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name | sed 's/^v//')
 FLYTECONSOLE_TAG=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/flyteorg/flyteconsole/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)
 
 # bump latest release of flyte component in kustomize