diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml
index 787088172f..6db1effc5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch --all
       - name: Set output variable to latest release branch
         id: step2
-        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tail -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' | sort -V | tail -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   build:
     needs: [get_release,matrix_prep]
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release2.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release2.yml
index 7ca52b3fde..05987d55a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_build_release2.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch --all
       - name: Set output variable to latest release branch
         id: step2
-        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tail -n 2 | head -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' | sort -V | tail -n 2 | head -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   build:
     needs: [get_release,matrix_prep]
     strategy: