diff --git a/tools/ci/check_idf_version.sh b/tools/ci/check_idf_version.sh
index 261056cb0f..2514123cfc 100755
--- a/tools/ci/check_idf_version.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/check_idf_version.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cmake_ver_minor=$(get_ver_from_cmake IDF_VERSION_MINOR)
 cmake_ver_patch=$(get_ver_from_cmake IDF_VERSION_PATCH)
 version_from_cmake="${cmake_ver_major}.${cmake_ver_minor}.${cmake_ver_patch}"
 
-git_desc=$(git describe)
+git_desc=$(git describe --exclude 'qa-test-*')
 git_desc_regex="^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(\.([0-9]+))?.*$"
 if [[ ! ${git_desc} =~ ${git_desc_regex} ]]; then
     echo "Could not determine the version from 'git describe' output: ${git_desc}"