diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-firmware.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-firmware.yaml
index 12e4f9ab..aeeceb84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-firmware.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-firmware.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           path: files
       - name: 🔨 Generate device manifest.json
         run: |
-          version=$(cat project_version)
+          version=$(cat files/*/project_version | sort -V | tail -n 1)
           jq -s --arg version "$version" '{"name": "${{ matrix.name }}", "version": $version, "home_assistant_domain": "esphome", "builds":.}' files/*/manifest.json > files/manifest.json
       - name: 🧪 Display structure of job
         run: ls -R