diff --git a/attest/vcs_test.go b/attest/vcs_test.go
index 0ef3db6..88ce6c5 100644
--- a/attest/vcs_test.go
+++ b/attest/vcs_test.go
@@ -76,9 +76,17 @@ func TestVCS(t *testing.T) {
 			CheckoutTag:     "v0.0.2",
 			LoadPath:        "podinfo",
 			ExpectManifests: []string{"kustomization.yaml", "deployment.yaml", "hpa.yaml", "service.yaml"},
-			ExpectImageTags: []string{"v0.0.2"},
+			ExpectImageTags: []string{"v6.7.0"},
 			ExpectRawTags:   []string{"0.0.2", "v0.0.2", "podinfo/v6.7.0"},
 		},
+		{
+			URL:             "https://github.com/errordeveloper/tape-git-testing",
+			CheckoutHash:    "9eeeed9f4ff44812ca23dba1bd0af9f509686d21", // => v0.0.1
+			LoadPath:        "podinfo",
+			ExpectManifests: []string{"kustomization.yaml", "deployment.yaml", "hpa.yaml", "service.yaml"},
+			ExpectImageTags: []string{"v6.6.3"},
+			ExpectRawTags:   []string{"0.0.1", "v0.0.1", "podinfo/v6.6.3"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	repos := &repos{}
diff --git a/oci/artefact.go b/oci/artefact.go
index 772afa6..d3a5917 100644
--- a/oci/artefact.go
+++ b/oci/artefact.go
@@ -395,28 +395,51 @@ func SemVerTagsFromAttestations(ctx context.Context, tag name.Tag, sourceAttesta
 		return []name.Tag{}
 	}
 	ref := groupSummary.Git.Reference
-	if len(ref.Tags) == 0 {
+	numTags := len(ref.Tags)
+	if numTags == 0 {
 		return []name.Tag{}
 	}
-	// TODO: detect tags with groupSummary.Path+"/" as prefix and priorities them
-	tags := make([]name.Tag, 0, len(ref.Tags))
-	set := make(map[string]struct{}, len(ref.Tags))
+	tags := newTagtagSet(numTags)
+	scopedTags := newTagtagSet(numTags)
 	for i := range ref.Tags {
 		t := ref.Tags[i].Name
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(t, "v") {
-			t = "v" + t
-		}
-		if _, ok := set[t]; !ok {
-			if semver.IsValid(t) {
-				tags = append(tags, tag.Context().Tag(t))
-				set[t] = struct{}{}
-			}
+		// this is accounts only for a simple case where tape is pointed at a dir
+		// and a tags have prefix that matches it exactly, it won't work for cases
+		// where tape is pointed at a subdir a parent of which has a scoped tag
+		if strings.HasPrefix(t, groupSummary.Path+"/") {
+			scopedTags.add(strings.TrimPrefix(t, groupSummary.Path+"/"), tag)
+			continue
 		}
+		tags.add(t, tag)
 	}
-	if len(tags) == 0 {
-		return []name.Tag{}
+	if len(scopedTags.list) > 0 {
+		return scopedTags.list
+	}
+	return tags.list
+}
+
+type tagSet struct {
+	set  map[string]struct{}
+	list []name.Tag
+}
+
+func newTagtagSet(c int) *tagSet {
+	return &tagSet{
+		set:  make(map[string]struct{}, c),
+		list: make([]name.Tag, 0, c),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *tagSet) add(t string, image name.Tag) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(t, "v") {
+		t = "v" + t
+	}
+	if _, ok := s.set[t]; !ok {
+		if semver.IsValid(t) {
+			s.list = append(s.list, image.Context().Tag(t))
+			s.set[t] = struct{}{}
+		}
 	}
-	return tags
 }
 
 func makeDescriptorWithPlatform() Descriptor {