diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c8151a556..97e4486f64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- [#1334](https://github.com/nf-core/sarek/pull/1334) - Remove extra v, when reporting tower runs on slack
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/assets/slackreport.json b/assets/slackreport.json
index de941028ea..6d735f5f6c 100644
--- a/assets/slackreport.json
+++ b/assets/slackreport.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         {
             "fallback": "Plain-text summary of the attachment.",
             "color": "<% if (success) { %>good<% } else { %>danger<%} %>",
-            "author_name": "nf-core/sarek v${version} - ${runName}",
+            "author_name": "nf-core/sarek ${version} - ${runName}",
             "author_icon": "https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/_static/favicon.ico",
             "text": "<% if (success) { %>Pipeline completed successfully!<% } else { %>Pipeline completed with errors<% } %>",
             "fields": [