diff --git a/dendrite/deb.sh b/dendrite/deb.sh
index b0e03a9..f588ddd 100644
--- a/dendrite/deb.sh
+++ b/dendrite/deb.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function download()
         git -C "$REPO_DIR" fetch --all
     fi
 
-    LATEST_TAG=$(git -C "$REPO_DIR" describe --tags $(git -C "$REPO_DIR" rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
+    LATEST_TAG=$(git -C "$REPO_DIR" tag --sort=-version:refname --list 'v*' | head -n 1)
     echo "switching to tag: $LATEST_TAG"
     git -C "$REPO_DIR" switch --detach "$LATEST_TAG"
 }