diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml
index 5e7e200..48073ef 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         id: check_commit_message
         run: |
           COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(echo "${{ steps.extract_commit_message.outputs.message }}")
-          PATTERN="Version bump(?:ed)? to ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)"
+          PATTERN="^(?:V|v)ersion bump(?:ed)? to ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*)"
           if [ "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" =~ $PATTERN ]; then
             echo "Found version bump in commit message."
             echo "::set-output name=version::${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check_commit_message.outputs.version
         run: |
           VERSION=${{ steps.check_commit_message.outputs.version }}
-          git tag -a $VERSION -m "Version bumped to $VERSION"
+          git tag -a $VERSION -m "version bumped to $VERSION"
           git push origin $VERSION
 
       - name: Force update latest tag