diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index ac40c0ad..c0630c0e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ body:
       description: |-
         Can be found by
         ```sh
-        git -C "$HOME/.cookiecutters/python-tooling" describe --tags --abbrev=0
+        git -C "$HOME/.cookiecutters/python-tooling" describe --match "v*" --tags --candidates 1
         ```
     validations:
       required: true