diff --git a/coredis/_version.py b/coredis/_version.py
index 1f45cef1..cd12c6ea 100644
--- a/coredis/_version.py
+++ b/coredis/_version.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_keywords():
     # setup.py/versioneer.py will grep for the variable names, so they must
     # each be defined on a line of their own. _version.py will just call
     # get_keywords().
-    git_refnames = "$Format:%d$"
+    git_refnames = "$Format:%(describe:exclude=HEAD|main:tags=true)$"
     git_full = "$Format:%H$"
     git_date = "$Format:%ci$"
     keywords = {"refnames": git_refnames, "full": git_full, "date": git_date}