diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
index 252b40654d..a5bcf145b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           latest_release=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | grep -v v1 | head -n 1)
           echo "Latest release: $latest_release"
-          echo "LATEST_RELEASE=$latest_release" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "LATEST_VERSION=${latest_release#v}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Check out the last tagged release
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}
+          ref: v${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}
           fetch-depth: 1
           fetch-tags: true
       - name: Download the release images
         uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
         with:
           repo: TBD54566975/ftl.git
-          version: tags/${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE }}
-          file: ftl-${{ env.LATEST_RELEASE:1 }}.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+          version: tags/v${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}
+          file: ftl-${{ env.LATEST_VERSION }}.linux-arm64.tar.gz
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           target: last-release.linux-arm64.tar.gz
       - name: Replace deployment with release images