diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-api.yml b/.github/workflows/release-api.yml
index 180c8d351b..82c72fca08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-api.yml
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Create release draft
           changelog_file=$(mktemp)
-          currentBranch=$(git describe --tags)
-          module=$(echo "${currentBranch}" | cut -d'-' -f1)
-          version=${currentBranch##*-}
-          currentTag="${module}/${version}"
+          currentTag=$(git describe --tags)
           ./releasing/compile-changelog.sh "api" "${currentTag}" "${changelog_file}"
           
           # Create github releases
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-cmd-config.yml b/.github/workflows/release-cmd-config.yml
index 83be354ae2..c758edb7ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-cmd-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-cmd-config.yml
@@ -124,10 +124,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Create release draft
           changelog_file=$(mktemp)
-          currentBranch=$(git describe --tags)
-          module=$(echo "${currentBranch}" | cut -d'-' -f1)
-          version=${currentBranch##*-}
-          currentTag="${module}/${version}"
+          currentTag=$(git describe --tags)
           ./releasing/compile-changelog.sh "cmd/config" "${currentTag}" "${changelog_file}"
 
           # Create github releases
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-kyaml.yml b/.github/workflows/release-kyaml.yml
index 4a3a8ab8c8..e2650546ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-kyaml.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-kyaml.yml
@@ -97,10 +97,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Create release draft
           changelog_file=$(mktemp)
-          currentBranch=$(git describe --tags)
-          module=$(echo "${currentBranch}" | cut -d'-' -f1)
-          version=${currentBranch##*-}
-          currentTag="${module}/${version}"
+          currentTag=$(git describe --tags)
           ./releasing/compile-changelog.sh "kyaml" "${currentTag}" "${changelog_file}"
 
           # Create github releases
diff --git a/cmd/gorepomod/internal/git/runner.go b/cmd/gorepomod/internal/git/runner.go
index 34ca8c8911..8db6759cbf 100644
--- a/cmd/gorepomod/internal/git/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/gorepomod/internal/git/runner.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func (gr *Runner) GetMainBranch() string {
 }
 
 func (gr *Runner) GetCurrentVersionFromHead() string {
-	currentBranchName, err := gr.run(noHarmDone, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "release-kyaml-v0.16.3")
+	currentBranchName, err := gr.run(noHarmDone, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD")
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = fmt.Errorf("error getting current version")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index 0f48a86b3f..928b83b4c7 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 h1:lFzP57bqS/wsqKssCGmtLAb8A0wKjLGrve2q3PPVcBk=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
diff --git a/releasing/build-kustomize-library.sh b/releasing/build-kustomize-library.sh
index ab9eebf253..16486f552b 100755
--- a/releasing/build-kustomize-library.sh
+++ b/releasing/build-kustomize-library.sh
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@ function build_kustomize_binary {
 
 main() {
 
-  currentBranch=$(git describe --tags)
-  module=$(echo "${currentBranch}" | cut -d'-' -f1)
-  version=${currentBranch##*-}
-  currentTag="${module}/${version}"
+  currentTag=$(git describe --tags)
+  version=${currentTag##*/}
   
   if grep -q -E '^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$' <<< "$version"
   then