diff --git a/utils/version.pl b/utils/version.pl
index 4a0c6ffc1..614598d5c 100644
--- a/utils/version.pl
+++ b/utils/version.pl
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use warnings;
 use Data::Dumper;
 
 # Version changes:
-#  v[x].[y].[z] -- Main version number
-#  v[x].[y].[z]-test-[branchstring]-[num] -- test/branch/devel version number
+#  [x].[y].[z] -- Main version number
+#  [x].[y].[z]-test-[branchstring]-[num] -- test/branch/devel version number
 #  on main/master: Biggest version so far, increment by occuring changes
 #  on other branches: find version; be it branch string, old format or main version number;
 #    increments from there. Increment version number, but on global conflict use new version number
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ sub vsCompare {
   #for($v, $w) {
   #  $_ = parseVersion($_) unless ref $_;
   #}
-  if('v' eq $v->{prefix} and 'v' eq $w->{prefix}) {
+  if($v->{prefix}=~m/^v?$/ and $w->{prefix}=~m/^v?$/) {
     return(
       ($v->{major} // 0) <=> ($w->{major} // 0) ||
       ($v->{minor} // 0) <=> ($w->{minor} // 0) ||
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ sub vsCompare {
       ($v->{branchversion} // 0) <=> ($w->{branchversion} // 0) ||
       ($v->{subpatch} // '') cmp ($w->{subpatch} // '')
     )
-  } elsif('v' eq $v->{prefix} and 'v' ne $w->{prefix}) {
+  } elsif($v->{prefix}=~m/^v?$/ and !$w->{prefix}=~m/^v?$/) {
     return 1;
-  } elsif('v' ne $v->{prefix} and 'v' eq $w->{prefix}) {
+  } elsif(!$v->{prefix}=~m/^v?$/ and $w->{prefix}=~m/^v?$/) {
     return -1;
   } else {
     return vsStringDebug($v) cmp vsStringDebug($w) 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ VERSION: for my $v(@versions) {
   #  $tag=$1;
   #  last VERSION
   #}
-  if($v->{meta}=~m#tag\s*:\s*([vtd]b?[0-9\.]+(?:-.*)?)\)#) {
+  if($v->{meta}=~m#tag\s*:\s*((?:[vtd]|db|)[0-9\.]+(?:-.*)?)\)#) {
     $v->{version} = $1;
     push @versionPast, $v->{version}
   }
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ sub justVersionInc {
 my $newVersion = undef;
 
 if($mainVersion) {
-  $newVersion = "v" . justVersionInc($highStart, \%reactCollect);
+  $newVersion = justVersionInc($highStart, \%reactCollect);
 } else {
   my $v = parseVersion($highStart);
   if(exists $v->{branchname}) {
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ if($par{changelog}) {
   my $preVersion = '';
   if(defined $sects[0] and defined $sects[0][0] and $sects[0][0]=~m/^##\s*\[([^\]\[]+)\]\(/) {
     $preVersion = $1;
-    $preVersion =~ s#^v?#v#;
+    # $preVersion =~ s#^v?#v#;
   }
   my $today = do {
     my @time = localtime;
@@ -618,11 +618,3 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 
 
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