diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index e9ccddb69d82..1c8f6f63222e 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ electron_version = exec_script("script/print-version.py",
                                [
                                  ".git/packed-refs",
                                  ".git/HEAD",
+                                 "script/lib/get-version.js",
                                ])
 
 if (is_mas_build) {
diff --git a/script/lib/get-version.js b/script/lib/get-version.js
index b5496ec1d5d7..45a120482b05 100644
--- a/script/lib/get-version.js
+++ b/script/lib/get-version.js
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ module.exports.getElectronVersion = () => {
     console.error(output.stderr);
     throw new Error('Failed to get current electron version');
   }
-  return output.stdout.toString().trim();
+  return output.stdout.toString().trim().replace(/^v/g, '');
 };