diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 11c84bd..b5b2c4b 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version=4
 opts=filenamemangle=s|.+/release/(\d\S+)|libgdf-$1| \
-    https://github.com/mbillingr/libgdf/tags .*/release/(\d\S+)\.tar\.gz
+    https://github.com/mbillingr/libgdf/tags (?:.*?/)?v?(\d[\d.]*)\.tar\.gz