diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 2deca67..60a70f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: pulumi/pulumi-package-publisher@main
         with:
           sdk: nodejs
-          version: "0.0.2"
+          version: "v0.0.2"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2cbc02c..6078772 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ provider:: tfgen install_plugins # build the provider binary
 
 build_sdks:: install_plugins provider build_nodejs build_python build_go build_dotnet # build all the sdks
 
-build_nodejs:: VERSION := $(shell pulumictl get version --language javascript)
+build_nodejs:: VERSION := $(shell pulumictl get version --language javascript | sed 's/v//')
 build_nodejs:: install_plugins tfgen # build the node sdk
 	$(WORKING_DIR)/bin/$(TFGEN) nodejs --overlays provider/overlays/nodejs --out sdk/nodejs/
 	cd sdk/nodejs/ && \