diff --git a/.ci/setenvconfig b/.ci/setenvconfig
index 2390d81bfe..f617972835 100755
--- a/.ci/setenvconfig
+++ b/.ci/setenvconfig
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ GO_TAGS=release
 export LICENSE_PUBKEY=${PROJECT_PATH}/.ci/license.key
 
 SNAPSHOT=false
-IMG_VERSION=$TAG_NAME
+IMG_VERSION=${TAG_NAME#"v"}
 ENV
 
   fi
diff --git a/hack/manifest-gen/manifest-gen.sh b/hack/manifest-gen/manifest-gen.sh
index 078f70489a..448d333062 100755
--- a/hack/manifest-gen/manifest-gen.sh
+++ b/hack/manifest-gen/manifest-gen.sh
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ update_chart() {
     kubectl kustomize "${SCRIPT_DIR}/crd_patches/v1" > "${CRD_CHART_DIR}/templates/all-crds.yaml"
 
     # Update the versions in the main chart
-    "$SED" -E "s#appVersion: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*#appVersion: $VERSION#" "${CHART_DIR}/Chart.yaml"
+    "$SED" -E "s#appVersion: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*#appVersion: ${VERSION}#" "${CHART_DIR}/Chart.yaml"
     "$SED" -E "s#version: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*#version: $VERSION#" "${CHART_DIR}/Chart.yaml"
 
     # Update the versions in the CRD chart
-    "$SED" -E "s#appVersion: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*#appVersion: $VERSION#" "${CRD_CHART_DIR}/Chart.yaml"
+    "$SED" -E "s#appVersion: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*#appVersion: ${VERSION}#" "${CRD_CHART_DIR}/Chart.yaml"
     "$SED" -E "s#version: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*#version: $VERSION#" "${CRD_CHART_DIR}/Chart.yaml"
 }