diff --git a/make-release b/make-release
index 3225b0474..26c1fb900 100755
--- a/make-release
+++ b/make-release
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ HV="$1" emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l ./make-release.el || exit
 
 echo cvs ci -m \"Release $1\" configure.in ChangeLog
 cvs ci -m "Release $1" configure.in ChangeLog || exit 1
-v=`echo $1 | sed 's/\(.\)\.\(.\)\(.\)/\1-\2-\3/'`
+v=`echo $1 | sed 's/\([0-9]\)\./\1-/g'`
 echo cvs rtag $rev heimdal-$v heimdal
 cvs rtag $rev heimdal-$v heimdal || exit 1