diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index bdd4740..da385da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ jobs:
           PY
           )"
           echo "package=$pkg" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          # Tag v1.3.0-sdk.1 must map to PEP 440 package version 1.3.0.dev1.
+          # SDK tags map to PEP 440 versions: v1.3.0-sdk.1 -> 1.3.0.dev1,
+          # while final tags such as v1.3.0 publish the unqualified version.
           if [ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" = "tag" ]; then
             expected="$(python3 - "${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" <<'PY'
           import re, sys
-          m = re.fullmatch(r"(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-sdk\.(\d+)", sys.argv[1])
-          print(f"{m.group(1)}.dev{m.group(2)}" if m else "")
+          m = re.fullmatch(r"(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(?:-sdk\.(\d+))?", sys.argv[1])
+          print(f"{m.group(1)}.dev{m.group(2)}" if m and m.group(2) else (m.group(1) if m else ""))
           PY
           )"
             if [ -z "$expected" ] || [ "$expected" != "$pkg" ]; then