diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_notes_template.txt b/.github/workflows/release_notes_template.txt
index e0efd9a2..281e527a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_notes_template.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_notes_template.txt
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@ Minimum bazel version: **7.0.0**
 If you're using `bzlmod`, add the following to `MODULE.bazel`:
 
 ```starlark
-bazel_dep(name = "toolchains_llvm", version = "{tag}")
-
-# To directly use a commit from GitHub, replace commit with the commit you want.
-# Otherwise, omit this block.
-git_override(
-  module_name = "toolchains_llvm",
-  commit = "{commit}",
-  remote = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/toolchains_llvm",
-)
+bazel_dep(name = "toolchains_llvm", version = "{version}")
 
 # Configure and register the toolchain.
 llvm = use_extension("@toolchains_llvm//toolchain/extensions:llvm.bzl", "llvm")
@@ -25,6 +17,15 @@ use_repo(llvm, "llvm_toolchain")
 register_toolchains("@llvm_toolchain//:all")
 ```
 
+To directly use a commit from GitHub, add this block and replace commit with the commit you want.
+```starlark
+git_override(
+  module_name = "toolchains_llvm",
+  commit = "{commit}",
+  remote = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/toolchains_llvm",
+)
+```
+
 If not using `bzlmod`, include this section in your `WORKSPACE`:
 
 ```starlark
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh b/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
index a5afc2df..50482965 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ sed -i.bak "s/0.0.0/${tag}/" MODULE.bazel && git add MODULE.bazel && git commit
 git archive --format=tar --prefix="${prefix}/" HEAD | gzip >"${archive}"
 sha=$(shasum -a 256 "${archive}" | cut -f1 -d' ')
 
+# Strip leading "v" from the tag if present to create the semver version.
 sed \
+  -e "s/{version}/${tag#v}/g" \
   -e "s/{tag}/${tag}/g" \
   -e "s/{commit}/${commit}/g" \
   -e "s/{prefix}/${prefix}/g" \