diff --git a/recipes/odgi/meta.yaml b/recipes/odgi/meta.yaml
index 6c3b1f8d4c0ac..112b7810cc5fe 100644
--- a/recipes/odgi/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/odgi/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set version = "v0.3" %}
+{% set version = "0.3" %}
 
 package:
   name: odgi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   git_url: https://github.com/vgteam/odgi/
-  git_tag: {{ version }}
+  git_tag: v{{ version }}
   sha256: unused
 
 build: