diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ae09a9083..7f9253593 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       # Create a snapshot build with GoReleaser.
       - git fetch --tags
-      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V --reverse | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
+      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V -r | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
       
       # Login to Docker, push Docker image snapshots + manifests.
       - /go/dockerlogin.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - git fetch --tags
       - /go/dockerlogin.sh
-      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V --reverse | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean
+      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V -r | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean
     when:
       event:
         include:
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ee5e13918..37b2608bb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Then install Node and Yarn as described in [Stylesheet / Web dev](#stylesheet--w
 Finally, to create a snapshot build, do:
 
 ```bash
-GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V --reverse | head -n 1) goreleaser --clean --snapshot
+GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V -r | head -n 1) goreleaser --clean --snapshot
 ```
 
 If all goes according to plan, you should now have a number of multiple-architecture binaries and tars inside the `./dist` folder, and snapshot Docker images should be built (check your terminal output for version).