diff --git a/release/release_bob.py b/release/release_bob.py
index 2e3414fb548de59b878f9b25fb6e52a5f5183e1c..75fcb4f8d39118f7dbed1e4ede5677a21ec7251a 100755
--- a/release/release_bob.py
+++ b/release/release_bob.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def get_parsed_tag(gitpkg, tag):
         if 'major' == tag:  # increment the first number in 'v#.#.#' but make minor and patch to be 0
             return 'v' + str(int(latest_tag_name[0]) + 1) + '.0.0'
         if 'minor' == tag:  # increment the second number in 'v#.#.#' but make patch to be 0
-            return 'v' + latest_tag_name[:2] + str(int(latest_tag_name[3]) + 1) + '.0'
+            return 'v' + latest_tag_name[:2] + str(int(latest_tag_name[2]) + 1) + '.0'
         if 'patch' == tag:  # increment the last number in 'v#.#.#'
             return 'v' + latest_tag_name[:-1] + str(int(latest_tag_name[-1]) + 1)