diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
index 39dd920..ea6c5d1 100644
--- a/check-version.sh
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -7,15 +7,9 @@ REPO="pulseaudio/pulseaudio"
 REPO=$(echo "$REPO" | sed 's|/|%2F|g')
 
 # Get tag name using Gitlab Rest API
-TAG_NAME=$(curl -s -L https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/api/v4/projects/"$REPO"/repository/tags | jq -r '.[0].name')
+TAG_NAME=$(curl -s -L https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/api/v4/projects/"$REPO"/repository/tags | jq -r '.[].name' | sort -r | head -n1)
 
-# Trim '-gitlab' suffix
-TAG_NAME=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | sed 's/-gitlab//g')
-
-# Get version number from tag name
-VERSION=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | rev | cut -d'-' -f1 | rev)
-
-# Trim 'v' character in VERSION variable
-VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION" | tr -d 'v')
+# Trim 'v' character in TAG_NAME variable
+VERSION=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | tr -d 'v')
 
 echo "$VERSION"