fix: strip v prefix from sidecar image tag (#1500)

Co-authored-by: Daniel Budziwojski <dbudziwojski@newrelic.com>

Author: danielstokes

.github/workflows/release-integration-sidecar.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set image tag
         run: |
-          VERSION=${{ github.ref_name || inputs.tag }}
+          VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref_name || inputs.tag }}" | sed 's/^v//')
           echo "DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=${VERSION}-sidecar" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set up QEMU

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### bugfix
+- fix sidecar image tag, strip "v" prefix. @danielstokes [#1500](https://github.com/newrelic/nri-kubernetes/pull/1500)
+
 ## v4.3.5 - 2026-07-01
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes