diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ec1efa..8e6241c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ _test-version:
 		LATEST="$$( \
 			curl -L -sS  https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/releases/ \
 				| tac | tac \
-				| grep -Eo 'PyCQA/pylint/releases/tag/(pylint-)?[.0-9]+"' \
-				| grep -Eo "PyCQA/pylint/releases/tag/(pylint-)?[.0-9]+" \
+				| grep -Eo 'PyCQA/pylint/releases/tag/(pylint-)?(v)?[.0-9]+"' \
+				| grep -Eo "PyCQA/pylint/releases/tag/(pylint-)?(v)?[.0-9]+" \
 				| sed 's/.*tag\///g' \
 				| sort -u \
 				| tail -1 \