diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/update.sh
index 34257fcda2fc..01b3434b5bae 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/update.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ LATEST_TAG_RAWFILE=${WORKDIR}/latest_tag.json
 curl --silent ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+"-u \":$GITHUB_TOKEN\""} \
     https://api.github.com/repos/k3s-io/k3s/releases > ${LATEST_TAG_RAWFILE}
 
-LATEST_TAG_NAME=$(jq 'map(.tag_name)' ${LATEST_TAG_RAWFILE} | grep -v -e rc -e engine | sed 's/["|,| ]//g' | sort -V -r | head -n1)
+LATEST_TAG_NAME=$(jq 'map(.tag_name)' ${LATEST_TAG_RAWFILE} | \
+    grep -v -e rc -e engine | tail -n +2 | head -n -1 | sed 's|[", ]||g' | sort -rV | head -n1)
+
 K3S_VERSION=$(echo ${LATEST_TAG_NAME} | sed 's/^v//')
 
 K3S_COMMIT=$(curl --silent ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+"-u \":$GITHUB_TOKEN\""} \