diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 419731d276ac..8823e3cd8131 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (x/distribution) [\#9599](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9599) Withdraw rewards event now includes a value attribute even if there are 0 rewards (due to situations like 100% commission).
 * (x/genutil) [\#9638](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9638) Added missing validator key save when recovering from mnemonic
 * [\#9762](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9762) The init command uses the chain-id from the client config if --chain-id is not provided
-* [\#9854](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9854) Fixed the `make proto-gen` to get dynamic container name based on project name for the cosmos based sdks.  
+* [\#9854](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9854) Fixed the `make proto-gen` to get dynamic container name based on project name for the cosmos based sdks.
 * [\#9829](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9829) Fixed Coin denom sorting not being checked during `Balance.Validate` check. Refactored the Validation logic to use `Coins.Validate` for `Balance.Coins`.
++ [\#9965](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9965) Fixed `simd version` command output to report the right release tag.
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06d6d5cdbc3b..d8debbd59363 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PACKAGES_NOSIMULATION=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/simulation')
 PACKAGES_SIMTEST=$(shell go list ./... | grep '/simulation')
-VERSION := $(shell echo $(shell git describe --always) | sed 's/^v//')
+VERSION := $(shell echo $(shell git describe --always --match "v*") | sed 's/^v//')
 TMVERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/tendermint/tendermint | sed 's:.* ::')
 COMMIT := $(shell git log -1 --format='%H')
 LEDGER_ENABLED ?= true
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ ifneq (,$(shell which tparse 2>/dev/null))
     done
 else
 	@echo "Starting unit tests"; \
- 	for module in $(SUB_MODULES); do \
- 		cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/$$module; \
+	for module in $(SUB_MODULES); do \
+		cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/$$module; \
 		echo "Running unit tests for module $$module"; \
- 		go test -mod=readonly $(ARGS) $(TEST_PACKAGES) ./... ; \
- 	done
+		go test -mod=readonly $(ARGS) $(TEST_PACKAGES) ./... ; \
+	done
 endif
 
 .PHONY: run-tests test test-all $(TEST_TARGETS)