diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0d28f8b53fa41a5b8457adab3fc8f06f1d9e71ec..47985cf160648dcc0a00b86acd7d5625bcb523b8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ update nqlab version:
     - git config --global user.email "lasnq-ci@physnet"
     - git config --global user.name "LasNQ CI"
   script:
-    - export VERSION=`git tag | tail -1 | sed 's/v//g'`
+    - export VERSION=`git tag | sort -V | tail -1 | sed 's/v//g'`
 
     # clone git repo
     - git clone git@git.physnet.uni-hamburg.de:las-nq/nqlab.git