diff --git a/sv/formatter.go b/sv/formatter.go
index 45d32c9..d4ef8f2 100644
--- a/sv/formatter.go
+++ b/sv/formatter.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package sv
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
 	"text/template"
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ func releaseNoteVariables(releasenote ReleaseNote) releaseNoteTemplateVariables
 
 	var version = ""
 	if releasenote.Version != nil {
-		version = fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", releasenote.Version.Major(), releasenote.Version.Minor(), releasenote.Version.Patch())
+		version = releasenote.Version.String()
 	}
 	return releaseNoteTemplateVariables{
 		Version:         version,
diff --git a/sv/git.go b/sv/git.go
index 0b94c13..5c5b662 100644
--- a/sv/git.go
+++ b/sv/git.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func NewGit(messageProcessor MessageProcessor, cfg TagConfig) *GitImpl {
 
 // Describe runs git describe, it no tag found, return empty
 func (GitImpl) Describe() string {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "describe", "--abbrev=0")
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "describe", "--abbrev=0", "--tags")
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (g GitImpl) Tag(version semver.Version) error {
 
 // Tags list repository tags
 func (g GitImpl) Tags() ([]GitTag, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "tag", "-l", "--format", "%(taggerdate:iso8601)#%(refname:short)")
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "for-each-ref", "--sort", "creatordate", "--format", "%(creatordate:iso8601)#%(refname:short)", "refs/tags")
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, combinedOutputErr(err, out)