diff --git a/popt.yaml b/popt.yaml
index d99cc850a2614ba4d36c9d1e95b7442a4f48234d..922f0972a8cf267f1c8804253a061cc800f7d969 100644
--- a/popt.yaml
+++ b/popt.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: github
 src_repo: rpm-software-management/popt
-tag_prefix: ^popt-
+tag_pattern: popt-(.*)-release
 seperator: "."