diff --git a/server/scripts/download_mmctl_release.sh b/server/scripts/download_mmctl_release.sh
index d95696252c..84c5e9f313 100755
--- a/server/scripts/download_mmctl_release.sh
+++ b/server/scripts/download_mmctl_release.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ fi
 BIN_PATH=${2:-bin}
 
 
+## If pattern release-X.Y exist in branch name we parse the release branch and we fallback to masterx
 THIS_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 RELEASE_PATTERN='release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?'
 if [[ $THIS_BRANCH =~ $RELEASE_PATTERN ]]; then
-  RELEASE_TO_DOWNLOAD=$THIS_BRANCH
+  RELEASE_TO_DOWNLOAD=$(echo $THIS_BRANCH | grep -Eo 'release-([0-9]+)?\.([0-9]+)?')
 else
   RELEASE_TO_DOWNLOAD="master"
 fi