diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7be00ca8..d053a89b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [3.10.0] - 2023-11-14
+# Added
+- Support of tags created with `v` prefix.
+
 ## [3.9.0] - 2023-07-20
 # Added
 - Introducing a new option that prevent the creation of
diff --git a/bert_e/tests/test_bert_e.py b/bert_e/tests/test_bert_e.py
index cac58da8..ecbfc5d9 100644
--- a/bert_e/tests/test_bert_e.py
+++ b/bert_e/tests/test_bert_e.py
@@ -670,6 +670,26 @@ def test_tags_with_stabilization(self):
         with self.assertRaises(exns.DeprecatedStabilizationBranch):
             self.finalize_cascade(branches, tags, destination, fixver)
 
+    def test_with_v_prefix(self):
+        destination = 'development/4.3'
+        branches = OrderedDict({
+            1: {'name': 'stabilization/4.3.18', 'ignore': True},
+            2: {'name': 'development/4.3', 'ignore': False},
+            3: {'name': 'stabilization/5.1.4', 'ignore': True},
+            4: {'name': 'development/5.1', 'ignore': False},
+            5: {'name': 'development/10.0', 'ignore': False}
+        })
+        # mix and match tags with v prefix and without
+        tags = ['4.3.16', '4.3.17', '4.3.18_rc1',
+                'v5.1.3', 'v5.1.4_rc1', 'v10.0.1']
+        fixver = ['4.3.19', '5.1.5', '10.0.2']
+        self.finalize_cascade(branches, tags, destination, fixver)
+        # only tags with v prefix
+        v_tags = ['v4.3.16', 'v4.3.17', 'v4.3.18_rc1', 'v5.1.3',
+                  'v5.1.4_rc1', 'v10.0.1']
+        # expect the same result
+        self.finalize_cascade(branches, v_tags, destination, fixver)
+
     def test_retry_handler(self):
         class DummyError(Exception):
             pass
diff --git a/bert_e/workflow/gitwaterflow/branches.py b/bert_e/workflow/gitwaterflow/branches.py
index 6d6c3cac..c3587bb3 100644
--- a/bert_e/workflow/gitwaterflow/branches.py
+++ b/bert_e/workflow/gitwaterflow/branches.py
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ def add_branch(self, branch, dst_branch=None):
 
     def update_micro(self, tag):
         """Update development branch latest micro based on tag."""
-        pattern = r"^(?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<micro>\d+)" \
+        pattern = r"^v?(?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<micro>\d+)" \
                   r"(\.(?P<hfrev>\d+)|)$"
         match = re.match(pattern, tag)
         if not match: