diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 48ce2ab6..956384c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@ jobs:
           # Strip leading 'v' for versionName
           VERSION="${TAG#v}"
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          # versionCode: strip pre-release suffixes (e.g. 1.25.0-rc1 -> 1.25.0) and dots
+          # versionCode: SemVer MAJOR * 10000 + MINOR * 100 + PATCH (e.g. 2.0.0 -> 20000, > 1.31.0's 1310)
           BASE_VERSION="${VERSION%%-*}"
-          CODE=$(echo "$BASE_VERSION" | tr -d '.' | sed 's/^0*//')
-          [ -z "$CODE" ] && CODE=0
+          IFS='.' read -r MAJOR MINOR PATCH _ <<< "$BASE_VERSION"
+          MAJOR="${MAJOR:-0}"
+          MINOR="${MINOR:-0}"
+          PATCH="${PATCH:-0}"
+          CODE=$(( MAJOR * 10000 + MINOR * 100 + PATCH ))
           echo "code=$CODE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           if [[ "$VERSION" == *"-"* ]]; then
             PRERELEASE="true"