diff --git a/helm/garage-ui/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/garage-ui/templates/deployment.yaml
index 47c24a5..68929d8 100644
--- a/helm/garage-ui/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/garage-ui/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
       - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
         securityContext:
           {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-        image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+        image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default (ternary .Chart.AppVersion (printf "v%s" .Chart.AppVersion) (hasPrefix "v" .Chart.AppVersion)) }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
         ports:
         - name: http
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index a5f1218..f461283 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "component": "garage-ui",
       "include-component-in-tag": false,
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "exclude-paths": ["helm/garage-ui"],
       "extra-files": [
         {
           "type": "yaml",