diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 65551ef3ec..f7c0ae2d3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ifneq ($(DRONE_TAG),)
 	GITEA_VERSION ?= $(VERSION)
 else
 	ifneq ($(DRONE_BRANCH),)
-		VERSION ?= $(subst release/v,,$(DRONE_BRANCH))
+		VERSION ?= $(shell echo $(DRONE_BRANCH) | sed -e 's|v\([0-9.][0-9.]*\)/.*|\1|')
 	else
 		VERSION ?= main
 	endif
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: release-linux
 release-linux: | $(DIST_DIRS)
-	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) run $(XGO_PACKAGE) -go $(XGO_VERSION) -dest $(DIST)/binaries -tags 'netgo osusergo $(TAGS)' -ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -targets '$(LINUX_ARCHS)' -out gitea-$(VERSION) .
+	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) run $(XGO_PACKAGE) -go $(XGO_VERSION) -dest $(DIST)/binaries -tags 'netgo osusergo $(TAGS)' -ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -targets '$(LINUX_ARCHS)' -out forgejo-$(VERSION) .
 ifeq ($(CI),true)
 	cp /build/* $(DIST)/binaries
 endif
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ release-sources: | $(DIST_DIRS)
 # bsdtar needs a ^ to prevent matching subdirectories
 	$(eval EXCL := --exclude=$(shell tar --help | grep -q bsdtar && echo "^")./)
 # use transform to a add a release-folder prefix; in bsdtar the transform parameter equivalent is -s
-	$(eval TRANSFORM := $(shell tar --help | grep -q bsdtar && echo "-s '/^./gitea-src-$(VERSION)/'" || echo "--transform 's|^./|gitea-src-$(VERSION)/|'"))
-	tar $(addprefix $(EXCL),$(TAR_EXCLUDES)) $(TRANSFORM) -czf $(DIST)/release/gitea-src-$(VERSION).tar.gz .
+	$(eval TRANSFORM := $(shell tar --help | grep -q bsdtar && echo "-s '/^./forgejo-src-$(VERSION)/'" || echo "--transform 's|^./|forgejo-src-$(VERSION)/|'"))
+	tar $(addprefix $(EXCL),$(TAR_EXCLUDES)) $(TRANSFORM) -czf $(DIST)/release/forgejo-src-$(VERSION).tar.gz .
 	rm -f $(STORED_VERSION_FILE)
 
 .PHONY: release-docs