diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index 5ac203591..898176853 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 _extends: .github:/.github/release-drafter.yml
+
+# tag-prefix is what lets the drafter parse the version out of the last tag.
+# Without it the drafter reads what it can from the tag string, and plexus-i18n
+# once drafted 18.0.1 by finding the 18 in its own name.
+tag-prefix: modello-
 tag-template: modello-$RESOLVED_VERSION