diff --git a/.github/workflows/archiver.sh b/.github/workflows/archiver.sh
index 41f3a7b63c..b76783fcb5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/archiver.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/archiver.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@ mkdir ${outdir}
 outfile=${outdir}/VERSION.txt
 touch ${outfile}
 dateformat='%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S UTC'
+cudacpp_major=$(cat __init__.py | grep __version__ | sed -r 's/(.*=|\(|\)|,)/ /g' | awk '{print $1}')
+cudacpp_minor=$(cat __init__.py | grep __version__ | sed -r 's/(.*=|\(|\)|,)/ /g' | awk '{print $2}')
+cudacpp_patch=$(cat __init__.py | grep __version__ | sed -r 's/(.*=|\(|\)|,)/ /g' | awk '{print $3}')
+echo "(From CUDACPP_OUTPUT/__init__.py)"
+echo "cudacpp (major, minor, patch) = ( ${cudacpp_major}, ${cudacpp_minor}, ${cudacpp_patch} )"
+if [ ${cudacpp_major} -lt 0 ] || [ ${cudacpp_major} -gt 99 ]; then echo "ERROR! cudacpp_major is not in the [0,99] range"; exit 1; fi
+if [ ${cudacpp_minor} -lt 0 ] || [ ${cudacpp_minor} -gt 99 ]; then echo "ERROR! cudacpp_minor is not in the [0,99] range"; exit 1; fi
+if [ ${cudacpp_patch} -lt 0 ] || [ ${cudacpp_patch} -gt 99 ]; then echo "ERROR! cudacpp_patch is not in the [0,99] range"; exit 1; fi
+cudacpp_version=$(printf "%1d.%02d.%02d" ${cudacpp_major} ${cudacpp_minor} ${cudacpp_patch})
 echo "(From CUDACPP_OUTPUT/__init__.py)" >> ${outfile}
-echo "cudacpp_version              = $(cat __init__.py | awk '/__version__/{print $3}' | sed 's/(//' | sed 's/)//' | sed 's/,/./g')" >> ${outfile}
+echo "cudacpp_version              = ${cudacpp_version}" >> ${outfile}
 echo "mg5_version_minimal          = $(cat __init__.py | awk '/minimal_mg5amcnlo_version/{print $3}'  | sed 's/(//' | sed 's/)//' | sed 's/,/./g')" >> ${outfile}
 echo "mg5_version_latest_validated = $(cat __init__.py | awk '/latest_validated_version/{print $3}'  | sed 's/(//' | sed 's/)//' | sed 's/,/./g')" >> ${outfile}
 echo "" >> ${outfile}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/archiver.yml b/.github/workflows/archiver.yml
index dd2127ffc2..9266c57528 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/archiver.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/archiver.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ on:
   push:
 
     tags:
-    # Include version tags such as 'cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.0.0' or 'cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.0.0_test001'
-    # Include version tags such as 'valassi_cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.0.0' or 'valassi_cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.0.0_test001'
+    # Include version tags such as 'cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.00.00' or 'cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.00.00_test001'
+    # Include version tags such as 'valassi_cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.00.00' or 'valassi_cudacpp_for3.6.0_v1.00.00_test001'
     - '*cudacpp_for*_v*'
 
     # Exclude running tags such as 'cudacpp_for3.6.0_latest'
diff --git a/epochX/cudacpp/gitTag.sh b/epochX/cudacpp/gitTag.sh
index 7506fc3abc..548f1cd280 100755
--- a/epochX/cudacpp/gitTag.sh
+++ b/epochX/cudacpp/gitTag.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ function usage()
 {
   echo "Usage (1): $0 [-f] <tagsuffix>"
   echo "Creates a new version tag (from the HEAD of the local branch) and pushes it to the remote repository"
-  echo "Valid formats for <tagsuffix> are 'n1.n2.n3' or 'n1.n2.n3_txt' where txt only contains letters or digits"
-  echo "Version number 'n1.n2.n3' must match that in the CUDACPP_OUTPUT/__init__.py file"
+  echo "Valid formats for <tagsuffix> are 'n.nn.nn' or 'n.nn.nn_txt' where txt only contains letters or digits)"
+  echo "Version number must match the (n1,n2,n3) specified with single digits in the CUDACPP_OUTPUT/__init__.py file"
   echo "For release tags (no trailing '_txt'), the github CI will then create also a running tag with '_latest' suffix"
   echo "Use the -f option to delete and recreate a version tag that already exists"
   echo ""