diff --git a/.github/workflows/_container.yml b/.github/workflows/_container.yml
index b9f4ee13c..7833d83a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_container.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate SemVer2 version compliance
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         env:
-          SEMVER_REGEX: ^refs/tags/(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$
+          SEMVER_REGEX: ^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$
 
         run: |
           ref="${{ github.ref_name }}"