diff --git a/conda/cmake_recipe_template/meta.yaml b/conda/cmake_recipe_template/meta.yaml
index 8301fdedd..f34c90ece 100644
--- a/conda/cmake_recipe_template/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/cmake_recipe_template/meta.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 package:
 {% raw %}  name: {{ name }} {% endraw %}
-  version: "{{ version.replace("v","") }}"
+  version: "{{ version.replace("v","").replace("release-","") }}"
 
 source:
   git_url: https://github.com/{{ github_repo }}.git
diff --git a/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro-all.yaml b/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro-all.yaml
index 0070e1e13..c4b49eeaa 100644
--- a/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro-all.yaml
+++ b/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro-all.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build:
 requirements:
   # We use run as installing robotology-distro-all should install all robotology packages
   run: {# List all packages and the version dependency. #}
-{% for pkg in robotology_all_packages %}    - {{ pkg.name }}={{ pkg.version.replace("v","") }}
+{% for pkg in robotology_all_packages %}    - {{ pkg.name }}={{ pkg.version.replace("v","").replace("release-","") }}
 {% endfor %}
 
 about:
diff --git a/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro.yaml b/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro.yaml
index 877f2d301..bc63d2463 100644
--- a/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro.yaml
+++ b/conda/metapackages_recipes_template/robotology-distro.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ requirements:
   # the specified package is used if the package is installed, but
   # we do not depend explicitly on the packages
   run_constrained: {# List all packages and the version dependency. #}
-{% for pkg in robotology_all_packages %}    - {{ pkg.name }}={{ pkg.version.replace("v","") }}
+{% for pkg in robotology_all_packages %}    - {{ pkg.name }}={{ pkg.version.replace("v","").replace("release-","") }}
 {% endfor %}
 
 about: