diff --git a/internal/pipe/git/git.go b/internal/pipe/git/git.go
index 46b63d326f3..4dab42f62f1 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/git/git.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func getTag() (string, error) {
 			return os.Getenv("GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG"), nil
 		},
 		func() (string, error) {
-			return git.Clean(git.Run("tag", "--points-at", "HEAD", "--sort", "-version:creatordate"))
+			return git.Clean(git.Run("tag", "--points-at", "HEAD", "--sort", "-version:refname"))
 		},
 		func() (string, error) {
 			return git.Clean(git.Run("describe", "--tags", "--abbrev=0"))