diff --git a/.meta/package/build.toml b/.meta/package/build.toml
index 06783267..3c2d9457 100644
--- a/.meta/package/build.toml
+++ b/.meta/package/build.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespaces = true
 [tool.versioningit.vcs]
 method = "git"
 match = ["${{tag.group.version.prefix}}[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*"]
+default-tag = "${{tag.group.version.prefix}}0.0.0"
 
 [tool.versioningit.tag2version]
 rmprefix = "${{tag.group.version.prefix}}"
diff --git a/.meta/package/build_tests.toml b/.meta/package/build_tests.toml
index 411aa9ce..ec8bbb38 100644
--- a/.meta/package/build_tests.toml
+++ b/.meta/package/build_tests.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespaces = true
 [tool.versioningit.vcs]
 method = "git"
 match = ["${{tag.group.version.prefix}}[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*"]
+default-tag = "${{tag.group.version.prefix}}0.0.0"
 
 [tool.versioningit.tag2version]
 rmprefix = "${{tag.group.version.prefix}}"