diff --git a/make/go/buf.mk b/make/go/buf.mk
index 1eb7042..229dde8 100644
--- a/make/go/buf.mk
+++ b/make/go/buf.mk
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: updatebufversion
 updatebufversion:
-	$(SED_I) -E "s/BUF_VERSION \?=.*/BUF_VERSION ?= ${RELEASE_BUF_VERSION}/" "make/go/dep_buf.mk"
+	$(SED_I) -E "s/BUF_VERSION \?=.*/BUF_VERSION ?= v${RELEASE_BUF_VERSION}/" "make/go/dep_buf.mk"
 	$(SED_I) -E "s/\# https\:\/\/github.com\/bufbuild\/buf\/releases.*/\# https\:\/\/github.com\/bufbuild\/buf\/releases $(shell date "+%Y%m%d") checked $(shell date "+%Y%m%d")/" "make/go/dep_buf.mk"
diff --git a/make/go/dep_buf.mk b/make/go/dep_buf.mk
index fdd95ed..6cf6415 100644
--- a/make/go/dep_buf.mk
+++ b/make/go/dep_buf.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $(call _assert_var,CACHE_BIN)
 
 # Settable
 # https://github.com/bufbuild/buf/releases 20241113 checked 20241113
-BUF_VERSION ?= 1.47.0
+BUF_VERSION ?= v1.47.0
 # Settable
 #
 # If set, this path will be installed every time someone depends on $(BUF)