diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/docker-publish.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/docker-publish.groovy
index 9b2e74b..2b55663 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/docker-publish.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/docker-publish.groovy
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@
           then
             for tag in $git_tags
             do
-              echo "Building image with tag: \$tag (should reuse cached layers)"
-              make DOCKER_TAG="\$tag" docker-build
+              # remove leading 'v' on funky golang tags
+              clean_tag=$(echo \$tag | sed 's/^v//g')
+              echo "Building image with tag: \$clean_tag (should reuse cached layers)"
+              make DOCKER_TAG="\$clean_tag" docker-build
             done
           fi
         """)
@@ -98,8 +100,10 @@
               then
                 for tag in $git_tags
                 do
-                  echo "Pushing image with tag: \$tag (should reuse cached layers)"
-                  make DOCKER_TAG="\$tag" docker-push
+                  # remove leading 'v' on funky golang tags
+                  clean_tag=$(echo \$tag | sed 's/^v//g')
+                  echo "Pushing image with tag: \$clean_tag (should reuse cached layers)"
+                  make DOCKER_TAG="\$clean_tag" docker-push
                 done
               fi
             """)
diff --git a/jjb/shell/github-release.sh b/jjb/shell/github-release.sh
index 2ab2c94..2ded191 100644
--- a/jjb/shell/github-release.sh
+++ b/jjb/shell/github-release.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 pushd "$GERRIT_PROJECT"
   GIT_VERSION=$(git tag -l --points-at HEAD)
 
-  if [[ "$GIT_VERSION" =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]
+  # match bare versions or v-prefixed golang style version
+  if [[ "$GIT_VERSION" =~ ^v?([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]
   then
     echo "git has a SemVer released version tag: '$GIT_VERSION'"
     echo "Building artifacts for GitHub release."
diff --git a/jjb/shell/pypi-publish.sh b/jjb/shell/pypi-publish.sh
index b7f3526..3118df7 100755
--- a/jjb/shell/pypi-publish.sh
+++ b/jjb/shell/pypi-publish.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 # check that we're on a semver released version
 GIT_VERSION=$(git tag -l --points-at HEAD)
 
-if [[ "$GIT_VERSION" =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]
+# match bare versions or v-prefixed golang style version
+if [[ "$GIT_VERSION" =~ ^v?([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]
 then
   echo "git has a SemVer released version tag: '$GIT_VERSION', publishing to PyPI"
 else
diff --git a/jjb/shell/tagcollisionreject.sh b/jjb/shell/tagcollisionreject.sh
index 49d6e21..309e35c 100755
--- a/jjb/shell/tagcollisionreject.sh
+++ b/jjb/shell/tagcollisionreject.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 VERSIONFILE="" # file path to file containing version number
 NEW_VERSION="" # version number found in $VERSIONFILE
+TAG_VERSION="" # version file that might have a leading v to work around go mod funkyness
 
 SEMVER_STRICT=${SEMVER_STRICT:-0} # require semver versions
 
@@ -37,13 +38,25 @@
   then
     NEW_VERSION=$(head -n1 "VERSION")
     VERSIONFILE="VERSION"
+
+    # If this is a golang project, use funky v-prefixed versions
+    if [ -f "Gopkg.toml" ] || [ -f "go.mod" ]
+    then
+      echo "go-based project found, using v-prefixed version for git tags: v${NEW_VERSION}"
+      TAG_VERSION=v${NEW_VERSION}
+    else
+      TAG_VERSION=${NEW_VERSION}
+    fi
+
   elif [ -f "package.json" ]
   then
     NEW_VERSION=$(python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin); print obj["version"]' < package.json)
+    TAG_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION
     VERSIONFILE="package.json"
   elif [ -f "pom.xml" ]
   then
     NEW_VERSION=$(xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' pom.xml)
+    TAG_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION
     VERSIONFILE="pom.xml"
   else
     echo "ERROR: No versioning file found!"
@@ -51,18 +64,6 @@
   fi
 }
 
-# check if the version is already a tag in git
-function is_git_tag_duplicated {
-  for existing_tag in $(git tag)
-  do
-    if [ "$NEW_VERSION" = "$existing_tag" ]
-    then
-      echo "ERROR: Duplicate tag: $existing_tag"
-      exit 2
-    fi
-  done
-}
-
 # check if the version is a released version
 function check_if_releaseversion {
   if [[ "$NEW_VERSION" =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]
@@ -80,6 +81,18 @@
   fi
 }
 
+# check if the version is already a tag in git
+function is_git_tag_duplicated {
+  for existing_tag in $(git tag)
+  do
+    if [ "$TAG_VERSION" = "$existing_tag" ]
+    then
+      echo "ERROR: Duplicate tag: $existing_tag"
+      exit 2
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
 # check if Dockerfiles have a released version as their parent
 function dockerfile_parentcheck {
   while IFS= read -r -d '' dockerfile
diff --git a/jjb/shell/versiontag.sh b/jjb/shell/versiontag.sh
index a75087b..cc01f97 100755
--- a/jjb/shell/versiontag.sh
+++ b/jjb/shell/versiontag.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 VERSIONFILE="" # file path to file containing version number
 NEW_VERSION="" # version number found in $VERSIONFILE
+TAG_VERSION="" # version file that might have a leading v to work around go mod funkyness
 
 SEMVER_STRICT=${SEMVER_STRICT:-0} # require semver versions
 
@@ -38,13 +39,25 @@
   then
     NEW_VERSION=$(head -n1 "VERSION")
     VERSIONFILE="VERSION"
+
+    # If this is a golang project, use funky v-prefixed versions
+    if [ -f "Gopkg.toml" ] || [ -f "go.mod" ]
+    then
+      echo "go-based project found, using v-prefixed version for git tags: v${NEW_VERSION}"
+      TAG_VERSION=v${NEW_VERSION}
+    else
+      TAG_VERSION=${NEW_VERSION}
+    fi
+
   elif [ -f "package.json" ]
   then
     NEW_VERSION=$(python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin); print obj["version"]' < package.json)
+    TAG_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION
     VERSIONFILE="package.json"
   elif [ -f "pom.xml" ]
   then
     NEW_VERSION=$(xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' pom.xml)
+    TAG_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION
     VERSIONFILE="pom.xml"
   else
     echo "ERROR: No versioning file found!"
@@ -73,7 +86,7 @@
 function is_git_tag_duplicated {
   for existing_tag in $(git tag)
   do
-    if [ "$NEW_VERSION" = "$existing_tag" ]
+    if [ "$TAG_VERSION" = "$existing_tag" ]
     then
       echo "ERROR: Duplicate tag: $existing_tag"
       exit 2
@@ -134,18 +147,18 @@
 
 # create a git tag
 function create_git_tag {
-  echo "Creating git tag: $NEW_VERSION"
+  echo "Creating git tag: $TAG_VERSION"
   git checkout "$GERRIT_PATCHSET_REVISION"
 
   git config --global user.email "do-not-reply@opencord.org"
   git config --global user.name "Jenkins"
 
-  git tag -a "$NEW_VERSION" -m "Tagged by CORD Jenkins version-tag job: $BUILD_NUMBER, for Gerrit patchset: $GERRIT_CHANGE_NUMBER"
+  git tag -a "$TAG_VERSION" -m "Tagged by CORD Jenkins version-tag job: $BUILD_NUMBER, for Gerrit patchset: $GERRIT_CHANGE_NUMBER"
 
   echo "Tags including new tag:"
   git tag -n
 
-  git push origin "$NEW_VERSION"
+  git push origin "$TAG_VERSION"
 }
 
 echo "Checking git repo with remotes:"