diff --git a/packages/essimaging/pyproject.toml b/packages/essimaging/pyproject.toml
index 2663e065..68298bde 100644
--- a/packages/essimaging/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/essimaging/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ docs = [
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 root = "../.."
-tag_regex = "^essimaging/(?P<version>[vV]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*(?:[._-]?\\w+)*)$"
+tag_regex = "^essimaging/(?P<version>\\d+.*)$"
 git_describe_command = ["git", "describe", "--dirty", "--tags", "--long", "--match", "essimaging/*[0-9]*"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/packages/essreduce/pyproject.toml b/packages/essreduce/pyproject.toml
index dc8bc0a9..2e559ced 100644
--- a/packages/essreduce/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/essreduce/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ grow-nexus = "ess.reduce.scripts.grow_nexus:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 root = "../.."
-tag_regex = "^essreduce/(?P<version>[vV]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*(?:[._-]?\\w+)*)$"
+tag_regex = "^essreduce/(?P<version>.*)$"
 git_describe_command = ["git", "describe", "--dirty", "--tags", "--long", "--match", "essreduce/*[0-9]*"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]