diff --git a/hooks/prebuild/debian/create-changelog b/hooks/prebuild/debian/create-changelog
index 1cf2423..496ba8d 100755
--- a/hooks/prebuild/debian/create-changelog
+++ b/hooks/prebuild/debian/create-changelog
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tamarin_debug "BUILD TAG IS ${BUILD_TAG}"
 
 if [[ ${BUILD_TAG} == "last" ]]
 then
-  tags=$(git tag master -l "release/*" | tr '_' '-' | sort -rV)
+  tags=$(git describe --match "release/*" --abbrev=0)
 else
   tagbranch="build-tag-${BUILD_TAG}"
   git checkout -b ${tagbranch}