diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b88fdf3..f341733 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: test explicit lychee version
         uses: ./
         with:
-          lycheeVersion: 0.9.0
+          lycheeVersion: v0.9.0
 
       - name: test globs
         uses: ./
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 044f185..d32e0bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ On top of that, the action also supports some additional arguments.
 | fail          | `false`                 | Fail workflow run on error (i.e. when [lychee exit code][lychee-exit] is not 0). |
 | format        | `markdown`, `json`      | Summary output format.                                                           |
 | jobSummary    | `false`                 | Write GitHub job summary (on Markdown output only).                              |
-| lycheeVersion | `0.13.0`                | Overwrite the lychee version to be used.                                         |
+| lycheeVersion | `v0.13.0`, `nightly`    | Overwrite the lychee version to be used.                                         |
 | output        | `lychee/results.md`     | Summary output file path.                                                        |
 | token         | `""`                    | Custom GitHub token to use for API calls.                                               |
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 788201e..3208568 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ inputs:
     required: false
   lycheeVersion:
     description: "Use custom version of lychee link checker"
-    default: 0.13.0
+    default: v0.13.0
     required: false
   output:
     description: "Summary output file path"
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ runs:
     - name: Install lychee
       run: |
         # Cleanup artifacts from previous run in case it crashed
-        rm -rf "lychee-v${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" lychee
-        curl -sLO "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/download/v${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}/lychee-v${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-        tar -xvzf "lychee-v${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-        rm "lychee-v${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+        rm -rf "lychee-${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" lychee
+        curl -sLO "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/download/${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}/lychee-${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+        tar -xvzf "lychee-${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+        rm "lychee-${{ inputs.LYCHEEVERSION }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
         install -t "$HOME/.local/bin" -D lychee 
         rm lychee
         echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"