diff --git a/scripts/ensure-version-bump-and-changelog.sh b/scripts/ensure-version-bump-and-changelog.sh
index 3d2277a1fc4..b4c5a6bf521 100755
--- a/scripts/ensure-version-bump-and-changelog.sh
+++ b/scripts/ensure-version-bump-and-changelog.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base "$HEAD_SHA" "$PR_BASE") # Find the merge base. This
 SRC_DIFF_TO_BASE=$(git diff "$HEAD_SHA".."$MERGE_BASE" --name-status -- "$DIR_TO_CRATE/src" "$DIR_TO_CRATE/Cargo.toml")
 CHANGELOG_DIFF=$(git diff "$HEAD_SHA".."$MERGE_BASE" --name-only -- "$DIR_TO_CRATE/CHANGELOG.md")
 
-RELEASED_VERSION=$(git tag | grep "^$CRATE-v" | tail -n1 | grep -Po "\d+\.\d+\.\d+")
+RELEASED_VERSION=$(git tag --sort=version:refname | grep "^$CRATE-v" | tail -n1 | grep -Po "\d+\.\d+\.\d+")
 
 
 # If the source files of this crate weren't touched in this PR, exit early.