diff --git a/.github/builder.py b/.github/builder.py
index 513cccd..7f76582 100644
--- a/.github/builder.py
+++ b/.github/builder.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ def get_release_and_pre_release_tags() -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
     # only build tags after 0.24
     tags = []
     for tag in raw_tags:
+        major = tag.replace("v", "").split(".")[0]
         minor = tag.replace("v", "").split(".")[1]
-        minor_int = int(minor)
 
-        if minor_int >= 24:
+        if int(minor) >= 24 or int(major) > 0:
             tags.append(tag)
 
     releases = []
diff --git a/.github/tag_latest.py b/.github/tag_latest.py
index ceba2b7..4490cba 100644
--- a/.github/tag_latest.py
+++ b/.github/tag_latest.py
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 def split_tag(tag):
     # split with 0 as default value
-    tag.replace('prerelease-v', 'v')
-    tag_split = tag.split('.') + ["0", "0", "0"]
+    tag = tag.replace('prerelease-v', 'v')
+    tag_split = tag.split('.')
+    tag_split = tag_split + [tag_split[0], "0", "0"]
 
     def safe_str_to_int(s, default=0):
         try:
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def safe_str_to_int(s, default=0):
             return default
 
     tag_split = [safe_str_to_int(x) for x in tag_split]
+
     return (tag_split[0], tag_split[1], tag_split[2], tag_split[3])