diff --git a/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh b/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh
index 18f5501f..1ad1d1e9 100755
--- a/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ function upload_archive() {
 }
 
 component="nvidia_container_toolkit"
-version="${VERSION%-rc.*}"
+version="${VERSION%~rc.*}"
 version_suffix=$(date -r "${IMAGE_EPOCH}" '+%Y.%m.%d.%s' || date -d @"${IMAGE_EPOCH}" '+%Y.%m.%d.%s')
-kitmaker_version="${VERSION%-rc.*}.${version_suffix}"
+kitmaker_version="${VERSION%~rc.*}.${version_suffix}"
 kitmaker_os="linux"
 
 # create_and_upload creates a kitmaker archive for the specified component, os, and arch and uploads it.