diff --git a/.az-pipelines/sign-windows-artifacts.yml b/.az-pipelines/sign-windows-artifacts.yml
index cbf3734002..53cce6bc41 100644
--- a/.az-pipelines/sign-windows-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.az-pipelines/sign-windows-artifacts.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ steps:
   displayName: 'git release artifacts'
 
 - bash: |
-    GIT_RELEASE_VERSION=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/joseph-flinn/desktop/releases/latest" | awk -F '"' '/tag_name/{print $4}') 
+    GIT_RELEASE_VERSION=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/joseph-flinn/desktop/releases/latest" | awk -F '"' '/tag_name/{print $4}' | awk '{print substr($1, 2); }') 
     echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=git_release_version]$GIT_RELEASE_VERSION"
   displayName: 'set git_release_version'