diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-java.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-java.yml
index c6266a1a9..7f461c198 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-java.yml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ jobs:
         id: version-output
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" == "latest" || "${{ inputs.version }}" == "" ]]; then
-            TAG_NAME=$(curl  "https://api.github.com/repos/bitwarden/sdk/releases" | jq -c '.[] | select(.tag_name | contains("java")) | .tag_name' | head -1)
-            VERSION=$(echo $TAG_NAME | grep -ohE '20[0-9]{2}\.([1-9]|1[0-2])\.[0-9]+')
+            TAG_NAME=$(curl  "https://api.github.com/repos/bitwarden/sdk/releases" | jq -rc '.[] | select(.tag_name | contains("java")) | .tag_name' | head -1)
+            VERSION=$(echo $TAG_NAME | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
             echo "Latest Released Version: $VERSION"
             echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/languages/java/build.gradle b/languages/java/build.gradle
index b9789d199..a28a7445b 100644
--- a/languages/java/build.gradle
+++ b/languages/java/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repositories {
 
                 def branchName = "git branch --show-current".execute().text.trim()
 
-                if (branchName == "main" || branchName == "rc" || branchName == "hotfix-rc") {
+                if (branchName == "main") {
                     version = "1.0.1"
                 } else {
                     // branchName-SNAPSHOT