diff --git a/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake b/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake
index fc3eada5b2..6a70b906af 100644
--- a/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Pcsx2Utils.cmake
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ function(get_git_version_info)
 			OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 			ERROR_QUIET)
 	endif()
-	if(PCSX2_GIT_REV)
+	if ("${PCSX2_GIT_TAG}" MATCHES "^v([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)$")
+		string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" PCSX2_VERSION_LONG  "${PCSX2_GIT_TAG}")
+		string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" PCSX2_VERSION_SHORT "${PCSX2_GIT_TAG}")
+	elseif(PCSX2_GIT_REV)
 		set(PCSX2_VERSION_LONG "${PCSX2_GIT_REV}")
 		string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?(-[a-z][a-z0-9]+)?" PCSX2_VERSION_SHORT "${PCSX2_VERSION_LONG}")
 	else()