diff --git a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml
index da1113b..4980a4d 100644
--- a/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/services/update_gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: check latest version
   shell: |
-    curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest | grep tag_name | tail -1 | cut -d\" -f4
+    curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/go-gitea/gitea/releases/latest | grep tag_name | tail -1 | cut -d\" -f4 | tr -d v
   args:
     warn: false
   register: latest_version