diff --git a/cmake/hal_cmake_tools.cmake b/cmake/hal_cmake_tools.cmake
index 0e7a881e88d..8fc0f57c15d 100644
--- a/cmake/hal_cmake_tools.cmake
+++ b/cmake/hal_cmake_tools.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ function(hal_get_version)
     if(VERSION_LIST STREQUAL "")
         file(READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CURRENT_VERSION VERSION_FILE)
         message(VERBOSE "VERSION_FILE: ${VERSION_FILE}")
-        string(REGEX MATCHALL "v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)" match ${VERSION_FILE})
+        set(VERSION_FILE "v${VERSION_FILE}")
+        string(STRIP ${VERSION_FILE} VERSION_FILE)
+        string(REGEX MATCHALL "v+([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)" match ${VERSION_FILE})
         if(NOT ${match} EQUAL "")
             set(HAL_VERSION_RETURN ${VERSION_FILE} PARENT_SCOPE)
             message(STATUS "HAL_VERSION_RETURN: ${HAL_VERSION_RETURN}")
@@ -232,4 +234,4 @@ macro(configure_files src_dir dst_dir extension)
                     @ONLY)
         endif(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${file_path_to_copy})
     endforeach(file_to_copy)
-endmacro(configure_files)
\ No newline at end of file
+endmacro(configure_files)