diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml
index 8db1f64..e0a909f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           binary: "gitsemver"
           # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=giantswarm/gitsemver
-          version: 2.0.1
-          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/v${version}/${binary}-v${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+          version: v2.0.1
+          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/${version}/${binary}-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
           tarball_binary_path: "*/${binary}"
           smoke_test: "${binary} --version"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
index cd062fe..f130f7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           binary: "gitsemver"
           # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=giantswarm/gitsemver
-          version: 2.0.1
-          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/v${version}/${binary}-v${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+          version: v2.0.1
+          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/${version}/${binary}-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
           tarball_binary_path: "*/${binary}"
           smoke_test: "${binary} --version"
       - name: Get version
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           binary: "gitsemver"
           # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=giantswarm/gitsemver
-          version: 2.0.1
-          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/v${version}/${binary}-v${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+          version: v2.0.1
+          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/${version}/${binary}-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
           tarball_binary_path: "*/${binary}"
           smoke_test: "${binary} --version"
       - name: Update project.go
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           binary: "gitsemver"
           # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=giantswarm/gitsemver
-          version: 2.0.1
-          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/v${version}/${binary}-v${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+          version: v2.0.1
+          download_url: "https://github.com/giantswarm/${binary}/releases/download/${version}/${binary}-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
           tarball_binary_path: "*/${binary}"
           smoke_test: "${binary} --version"
       - name: Set up Go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 853e3ed..f8cf03f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 however this project does not use Semantic Versioning and there are no releases.
 Instead this file uses a date-based structure.
 
+## 2026-07-15
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `create-release.yaml` / `create-release-pr.yaml` — fix a bug in the `install-binary-action` step that resulted in a double-`v` prefix in the `gitsemver` version.
+
 ## 2026-07-14
 
 ### Changed