diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac3c7f783..dc06f9c62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ MANUAL.markdown: $(VERSIONFILE)
 	perl -p -e "s/(^This is the.*?manual for hledger.*?) +[0-9.]+/\1 $(VERSION3)./" -i $@
 
 DOWNLOAD.markdown: $(VERSIONFILE)
-	perl -p -e "s/hledger-[0-9.]+-/hledger-$(VERSION3)-/g" -i $@
+	perl -p -e "s/hledger-[0-9.]+-/hledger-$(VERSION)-/g" -i $@
 
 tagrelease:
 	darcs tag $(VERSION3)