diff --git a/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh b/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh
index f211769a7c..43597fa920 100755
--- a/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh
+++ b/Flatpak/fill_release_node.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DATE=$(git log -1 --pretty=%cd --date=iso8601 --date=format:'%Y-%m-%d')
 sed -i -e "s/@DATE_PLACEHOLDER/${DATE}/" org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags)
+VERSION=$(git describe --tags | sed -E 's/^([0-9]+-[0-9]+).*/\1/')
 sed -i -e "s/@VERSION_PLACEHOLDER/${VERSION}/" org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.metainfo.xml