diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2cfd9d6..0500845 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ardunno-cli-gen",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ardunno-cli-gen",
-      "version": "0.1.5",
+      "version": "0.1.6",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "commander": "^10.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad5d338..241914c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ardunno-cli-gen",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "description": "Generates nice-grpc API for the Arduino CLI",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts b/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts
index 4a4d0f3..066d334 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,18 @@ describe('generate', () => {
             assert.equal(parseSemver('v0.29.1'), '0.29.1'));
         it("should parse valid semver '>=0.29.0' as a semver [arduino/arduino-cli#1931]", () =>
             assert.equal(parseSemver('0.29.0'), '0.29.0'));
+        describe("should trim the 'v' prefix in semver if '<v0.35.0-rc.1' [arduino/arduino-cli#2374]", () => {
+            [
+                ['v0.34.2', '0.34.2'],
+                ['v0.35.0-rc.0', '0.35.0-rc.0'],
+                ['v0.35.0-rc.1', 'v0.35.0-rc.1'],
+                ['v0.35.0', 'v0.35.0'],
+                ['v0.35.1', 'v0.35.1'],
+            ].forEach(([toParse, expected]) =>
+                it(`from '${toParse}' to ${expected}`, () =>
+                    assert.equal(parseSemver(toParse), expected))
+            );
+        });
         it("should parse to GitHub ref when version is not greater than '0.28.0'", () =>
             assert.deepEqual(parseSemver('0.28.0'), {
                 owner: 'arduino',
diff --git a/src/generate.ts b/src/generate.ts
index cf70012..eb24832 100644
--- a/src/generate.ts
+++ b/src/generate.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,15 @@ export function parseSemver(src: string): string | GitHub | undefined {
         return undefined;
     }
     const semver = new SemVer(src, true);
-    const version = semver.version;
+    let version = semver.version;
+    if (hasSemverPrefix(version)) {
+        log(
+            'parsed semver %s is >=v0.35.0-rc.1. using raw version %s',
+            version,
+            semver.raw
+        );
+        version = semver.raw;
+    }
     if (canDownloadProtos(semver)) {
         log('parsed semver %s is >=0.29.0', version);
         return version;
@@ -333,12 +341,19 @@ export function parseSemver(src: string): string | GitHub | undefined {
 }
 
 /**
- * The `.proto` files were not part of the Arduino CLI release before version 0.29.0 ([`arduino/arduino-cli#1931`](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/pull/1931)).
+ * The `.proto` files were not part of the Arduino CLI release before version `0.29.0` ([`arduino/arduino-cli#1931`](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/pull/1931)).
  */
 function canDownloadProtos(semver: SemVer | string): boolean {
     return gte(semver, new SemVer('0.29.0'));
 }
 
+/**
+ * The Arduino CLI GitHub release has the `'v'` prefix from version `>=v0.35.0-rc.1` ([`arduino/arduino-cli#2374`](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/pull/2374)).
+ */
+function hasSemverPrefix(semver: SemVer | string): boolean {
+    return gte(semver, new SemVer('0.35.0-rc.1'));
+}
+
 // Taken from https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/32098#issuecomment-1212501932
 type RegExpGroups<T extends string[]> =
     | (RegExpMatchArray & {