diff --git a/eossr/scripts/update_codemeta_eossr.py b/eossr/scripts/update_codemeta_eossr.py
index 124d4572b2e32c107acc237fbae7cb003b47d029..2e9580d7b39a2b9f3f6e3f23dcb0c77bdfe4fcfd 100644
--- a/eossr/scripts/update_codemeta_eossr.py
+++ b/eossr/scripts/update_codemeta_eossr.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def update_version(codemeta_path):
     metadata[
         'downloadUrl'
     ] = f'https://gitlab.in2p3.fr/escape2020/wp3/eossr/-/archive/v{eossr_version}/eossr-v{eossr_version}.zip'
-    metadata['version'] = eossr_version
-    metadata['softwareVersion'] = eossr_version
+    metadata['version'] = f"v{eossr_version}"
+    metadata['softwareVersion'] = f"v{eossr_version}"
 
     codemeta_handler.write(path=codemeta_path, overwrite=True)