1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 395df54..e1d5f7b 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ end
 
 def changelog_future_release
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
-  returnVal = "v%s" % JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['version']
+  returnVal = "%s" % JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['version']
   raise "unable to find the future_release (version) in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator future_release:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal