diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index ea2e05f..e81ff1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -28,18 +28,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get version info
         id: version
         run: |
-          BASE=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
-          if [[ "$BASE" == *"-nightly"* ]]; then
-            # already a nightly tag, just strip the suffix
-            NEXT_BASE=${BASE%%-nightly*}
-          else
-            # stable tag, increment patch version
-            CLEAN=${BASE%%-nightly*}
-            VERSION_NUM=${CLEAN#v}
-            IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$VERSION_NUM"
-            patch=$((patch + 1))
-            NEXT_BASE="v${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
-          fi
+          BASE=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exclude="*-nightly*" 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
+          VERSION_NUM=${BASE#v}
+          IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$VERSION_NUM"
+          patch=$((patch + 1))
+          NEXT_BASE="v${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
           SHORT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
           echo "version=${NEXT_BASE}-nightly.${SHORT}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT