diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml
index 1a1abdcbb071..b0ae490dbae4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run end-to-end tests
         shell: bash -ieo pipefail {0}
         run: |
-          git fetch --tags --force
+          git fetch --tags --prune-tags --force
           export TEST_FILTERS="${{ github.event.inputs.tests }}"
           ./test/scripts/ci-runtests.sh ${{ matrix.os }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run end-to-end tests
         shell: bash -ieo pipefail {0}
         run: |
-          git fetch --tags --force
+          git fetch --tags --prune-tags --force
           export TEST_FILTERS="${{ github.event.inputs.tests }}"
           ./test/scripts/ci-runtests.sh ${{ matrix.os }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run end-to-end tests
         shell: bash -ieo pipefail {0}
         run: |
-          git fetch --tags --force
+          git fetch --tags --prune-tags --force
           export TEST_FILTERS="${{ github.event.inputs.tests }}"
           ./test/scripts/ci-runtests.sh ${{ matrix.os }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/test/scripts/test-utils.sh b/test/scripts/test-utils.sh
index aab23f786741..d5f12489ead4 100755
--- a/test/scripts/test-utils.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/test-utils.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ commit=${commit:0:6}
 TAG=$(git describe --exact-match HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 
 if [[ -n "$TAG" && ${CURRENT_VERSION} =~ -dev- ]]; then
-    CURRENT_VERSION+="+${TAG}"
+    # Remove disallowed version characters from the tag
+    CURRENT_VERSION+="+${TAG//[^0-9a-z_-]/}"
 fi
 
 export CURRENT_VERSION
@@ -91,12 +92,23 @@ function nice_time {
     echo "\"$*\" completed in $((s/60))m:$((s%60))s"
     return $result
 }
+# Matches $1 with a build version string and sets the following exported variables:
+# - BUILD_VERSION: The version part of the build string (e.g., "2024.3-beta1-dev-").
+# - COMMIT_HASH: The commit hash part of the build string (e.g., "abcdef").
+# - TAG: The tag part of the build string (e.g., "+tag").
+function parse_build_version {
+    if [[ "$1" =~ (^[0-9.]+(-beta[0-9]+)?-dev-)([0-9a-z]+)(\+[0-9a-z|-]+)?$ ]]; then
+        BUILD_VERSION="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        COMMIT_HASH="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+        TAG="${BASH_REMATCH[4]}"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
 
-# Returns 0 if $1 is a development build. `BASH_REMATCH` contains match groups
-# if that is the case.
+# Returns 0 if $1 is a development build.
 function is_dev_version {
-    local pattern="(^[0-9.]+(-beta[0-9]+)?-dev-)([0-9a-z]+)(\+[0-9a-z|-]+)?$"
-    if [[ "$1" =~ $pattern ]]; then
+    if [[ "$1" == *"-dev-"* ]]; then
         return 0
     fi
     return 1
@@ -106,13 +118,8 @@ function get_app_filename {
     local version=$1
     local os=$2
     if is_dev_version "$version"; then
-        # only save 6 chars of the hash
-        local commit="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
-        version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}${commit}"
-        # If the dev-version includes a tag, we need to append it to the app filename
-        if [[ -n ${BASH_REMATCH[4]} ]]; then
-            version="${version}${BASH_REMATCH[4]}"
-        fi
+        parse_build_version "$version"
+        version="${BUILD_VERSION}${COMMIT_HASH}${TAG:-}"
     fi
     case $os in
         debian*|ubuntu*)
@@ -166,9 +173,8 @@ function get_e2e_filename {
     local version=$1
     local os=$2
     if is_dev_version "$version"; then
-        # only save 6 chars of the hash
-        local commit="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
-        version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}${commit}"
+        parse_build_version "$version"
+        version="${BUILD_VERSION}${COMMIT_HASH}"
     fi
     case $os in
         debian*|ubuntu*|fedora*)