diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_conda.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_conda.yml
index ac01245..e058e75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_conda.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   release-please:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
 
   pypi:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: release-please
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index 6d53837..ed19a09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
   #         path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
   sdist:
     name: Build sdist
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     name: Publish wheels to pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
       id-token: write
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index a89b34c..f692e53 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {% set name = "loopprojectfile" %}
 
 package:
-  name: "{{ name|lower }}"
-  version: "{{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '') }}"
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: "{{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '').lstrip('v') }}"
 
 source:
   git_url: https://github.com/Loop3D/LoopProjectFile.git