diff --git a/scripts/utils/update_package.py b/scripts/utils/update_package.py
index 5ee3c4cc3..62cd927c6 100755
--- a/scripts/utils/update_package.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/update_package.py
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ def get_latest_version(org, project, version):
         print(f"GitHub API response not ok: {response.status_code}")
         return None
     latest_version = response.json()["tag_name"]
-    return latest_version
+    # version excludes `v` from the capturing group in the regex in update_github_url therefore latest_version_match mustn't include `v` if the version starts with `v`. Otherwise the github URL would replace the version without the `v` with the github version tag with the `v` which will result in the wrong URL such as: https://github.com/jstrosch/sclauncher/releases/download/vv0.0.6/sclauncher.exe
+    if latest_version.startswith('v'):
+    	return latest_version[1:]
+    else:
+    	return latest_version
 
 
 # Get url response's content hash (SHA256)