From 8623dd8a7251ff35e75620b5ca39e2420d616853 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wing Lian <wing@axolotl.ai>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:19:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] strip only starting 'v' char; e.g don't strip from '.dev'
 (#3368) [skip ci]

---
 .github/workflows/pypi.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index 860a6c81c..af2ad73a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update version in VERSION file
         run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG_NAME }}" | sed -e's/v//g' > VERSION
+          echo "${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG_NAME }}" | sed 's/^v//' > VERSION
 
       - name: Build a source dist
         run: |