diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.steps.yaml b/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.steps.yaml
index e011de4fc8..0da16ede71 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.steps.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.steps.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 steps:
   - script: |
       echo "install cilium CLI"
-      if [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG} =~ ^1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2} ]]; then
+      if [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG#v} =~ ^1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2}|1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{1,6} ]]; then
         echo "Cilium Agent Version ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
         CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/cilium-cli/main/stable-v0.14.txt)
-      elif [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG} =~ ^1.14.[0-9]{1,2} ]]; then
+      elif [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG#v} =~ ^1.1[1-4].[0-9]{1,2}|1.1[1-4].[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{1,6} ]]; then
         echo "Cilium Agent Version ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
         CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=v0.15.22
       else
diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.yaml b/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.yaml
index 0098ac758f..a237e4a077 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/cilium-cli.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 steps:
   - script: |
       echo "install cilium CLI"
-      if [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG} =~ ^1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2} ]]; then
+      if [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG#v} =~ ^1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2}|1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{1,6} ]]; then
         echo "Cilium Agent Version ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
         CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/cilium-cli/main/stable-v0.14.txt)
-      elif [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG} =~ ^1.14.[0-9]{1,2} ]]; then
+      elif [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG#v} =~ ^1.1[1-4].[0-9]{1,2}|1.1[1-4].[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{1,6} ]]; then
         echo "Cilium Agent Version ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
         CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=v0.15.22
       else