diff --git a/helpers/turris-version.sh b/helpers/turris-version.sh
index 6063cb6d5cc0e9878982b7ba2f0deeb3b2ef1cda..734166315369fc75855c304059723fbf42122649 100755
--- a/helpers/turris-version.sh
+++ b/helpers/turris-version.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/turris-version/install
 	\$(INSTALL_DIR) \$(1)/etc
-	echo \$(PKG_VERSION) > \$(1)/etc/turris-version
+	echo \$(PKG_VERSION) | sed 's|-.*||' > \$(1)/etc/turris-version
 endef
 
 \$(eval \$(call BuildPackage,turris-version))