diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d6248dc7..bcf8a200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.releaser.outputs.token }}
           VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new }}
         run: |
-          gh release create "v$VERSION" --target main --generate-notes
+          gh release create "$VERSION" --target main --generate-notes
 
       - name: Send failure event to PostHog
         if: failure()
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
               "commitSha": "${{ github.sha }}",
               "jobStatus": "${{ job.status }}",
               "ref": "${{ github.ref }}",
-              "version": "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new }}"
+              "version": "${{ steps.version.outputs.new }}"
             }
 
       - name: Notify Slack - Failed
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ jobs:
           slack_bot_token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_CLIENT_LIBRARIES_BOT_TOKEN }}
           slack_channel_id: ${{ vars.SLACK_APPROVALS_CLIENT_LIBRARIES_CHANNEL_ID }}
           thread_ts: ${{ needs.notify-approval-needed.outputs.slack_ts }}
-          message: "❌ Failed to release `posthog-dotnet@v${{ steps.version.outputs.new }}`! <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|View logs>"
+          message: "❌ Failed to release `posthog-dotnet@${{ steps.version.outputs.new }}`! <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|View logs>"
           emoji_reaction: "x"
 
   notify-rejected: