diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
index 19c5b493..b38e86f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Clean up condarc for release builds
         run: |
-          GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
+          GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="$(git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=0)"
           GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="${GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG:1}" # remove leading 'v'
           if [[ ! $GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG =~ [a-z] ]]; then
             echo 'Most recent tag is for release, adding the `rapidsai` channel and removing the `rapidsai-nightly` channel.'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
index b4e9d3d8..c78a093f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Clean up condarc for release builds
         run: |
-          GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
+          GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="$(git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=0)"
           GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="${GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG:1}" # remove leading 'v'
           if [[ ! $GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG =~ [a-z] ]]; then
             echo 'Most recent tag is for release, adding the `rapidsai` channel and removing the `rapidsai-nightly` channel.'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml
index 50b27213..29833df8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compute RAPIDS_VER
         id: compute-rapids-ver
         run: |
-          GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
+          GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="$(git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=0)"
           GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG="${GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG:1}" # remove leading 'v'
           ALPHA_TAG=""
           if [[ $GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG =~ [a-z] ]]; then