diff --git a/.github/workflows/on-push-release-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/on-push-release-tag.yml
index f143d62fb3..bacbac5bc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on-push-release-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on-push-release-tag.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # cut release candidate part of the tag
           tag=$(echo '${{ steps.get-ref-properties.outputs.tag }}' | sed 's/-rc[0-9]*$//g')
-          # cut major version from Cargo.toml
-          expected_tag=r-$(echo '${{ steps.read-node-version.outputs.value }}' | sed -e 's/^[0-9]\+\.//g')
+          # expected tag is r-<version> from Cargo.toml
+          expected_tag=r-$(echo '${{ steps.read-node-version.outputs.value }}')
           if [[ ${tag} != ${expected_tag} ]]; then
             echo "Error: tag version does not match version in bin/node/Cargo.toml"
             echo "Non-release candidate part of the tag is ${tag}"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a7f71fd257..899eded521 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aleph-node"
-version = "14.0.0+dev"
+version = "14.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aleph-runtime",
  "fake-runtime-api",
diff --git a/bin/node/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/Cargo.toml
index c1e7e23048..781fbc05c7 100644
--- a/bin/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "aleph-node"
-version = "14.0.0+dev"
+version = "14.0.0"
 description = "Aleph node binary"
 build = "build.rs"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"