diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 487fdd7..2ce3280 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cms-mrf-validator",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cms-mrf-validator",
-      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "version": "2.2.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@streamparser/json": "^0.0.21",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c88c641..c86161c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cms-mrf-validator",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Node-based entry point for machine-readable file validator",
   "main": "out/index.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/SchemaManager.ts b/src/SchemaManager.ts
index a08dcca..50580c3 100644
--- a/src/SchemaManager.ts
+++ b/src/SchemaManager.ts
@@ -44,17 +44,30 @@ export class SchemaManager {
     const tags = tagResult.stdout
       .split('\n')
       .map(tag => tag.trim())
-      .filter(tag => tag.length > 0);
-    if (tags.includes(version)) {
-      await util.promisify(exec)(`git -C "${this.repoDirectory}" checkout ${version}`);
-      this._version = version;
+      .filter(tag => tag.length > 0)
+      .reduce(
+        (acc, tag) => {
+          if (tag.startsWith('v')) {
+            acc[tag] = tag; // Key with 'v' prefix
+            acc[tag.slice(1)] = tag; // Key without 'v' prefix
+          } else {
+            acc[tag] = 'v' + tag; // If no 'v' prefix, add one as the value
+          }
+          return acc;
+        },
+        {} as Record<string, string>
+      );
+
+    if (version in tags) {
+      await util.promisify(exec)(`git -C "${this.repoDirectory}" checkout ${tags[version]}`);
+      this._version = tags[version];
       return true;
     } else {
       // we didn't find your tag. maybe you mistyped it, so show the available ones.
       throw new Error(
-        `Could not find a schema version named "${version}". Available versions are:\n${tags.join(
-          '\n'
-        )}`
+        `Could not find a schema version named "${version}". Available versions are:\n${Object.keys(
+          tags
+        ).join('\n')}`
       );
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/SchemaManager.test.ts b/test/SchemaManager.test.ts
index fc42167..fb146c5 100644
--- a/test/SchemaManager.test.ts
+++ b/test/SchemaManager.test.ts
@@ -108,10 +108,20 @@ describe('SchemaManager', () => {
       await expect(schemaManager.useVersion('v0.7')).resolves.toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('should resolve to true when the version exists in the repo with a prefixed v', async () => {
+      const schemaManager = new SchemaManager(repoDirectory);
+      await expect(schemaManager.useVersion('0.7')).resolves.toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('should reject when the version does not exist in the repo', async () => {
       const schemaManager = new SchemaManager(repoDirectory);
       await expect(schemaManager.useVersion('v0.6')).toReject();
     });
+
+    it('should reject when the version does not exist in the repo with a prefixed v', async () => {
+      const schemaManager = new SchemaManager(repoDirectory);
+      await expect(schemaManager.useVersion('0.6')).toReject();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#useSchema', () => {