diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 29e6e81..9b95690 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Validate set versions
-        run: ./validate_versions.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
+      - name: Validate the release tag
+        run: ./validate_release_tag.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
       - name: Validate pipeline status
         run: ./validate_pipeline_status.sh ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
diff --git a/.version b/.version
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ee7f57..0000000
--- a/.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-MODULE_VERSION=1.0.0
diff --git a/scripts/release/validate_release_tag.sh b/scripts/release/validate_release_tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e505335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/validate_release_tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+set -E
+set -o pipefail
+
+CURRENT_RELEASE_TAG=$1
+
+semver_pattern="^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)[.]([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)[.]([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)(-[a-z][a-z0-9]*)?$"
+
+if ! [[ $CURRENT_RELEASE_TAG =~ $semver_pattern ]]; then
+    echo "Given tag \"$CURRENT_RELEASE_TAG\" does not match the expected semantic version pattern: \"$semver_pattern\"."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/release/validate_versions.sh b/scripts/release/validate_versions.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 867a83b..0000000
--- a/scripts/release/validate_versions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -ue
-source ./../../.version
-
-DESIRED_VERSION=$1
-if [[ "$DESIRED_VERSION" != "$MODULE_VERSION" ]]; then
-  echo "Versions don't match! Expected ${MODULE_VERSION} but got $DESIRED_VERSION."
-  echo "Please update .version file or change desired version!"
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "Versions match."
-
-IMAGE_TO_CHECK="${2:-europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/template-operator}"
-BUMPED_IMAGE_TAG=$(grep "${IMAGE_TO_CHECK}" ../../sec-scanners-config.yaml | cut -d : -f 2)
-if [[ "$BUMPED_IMAGE_TAG" != "$DESIRED_VERSION" ]]; then
-  echo "Version tag in sec-scanners-config.yaml file is incorrect!"
-  echo "Could not find $DESIRED_VERSION."
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "Image version tag in sec-scanners-config.yaml does match with release tag."
-exit 0