diff --git a/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh b/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh
index 7265c361aefbd98f1b5d689f5a9cfed0db3fa393..0626503d28e55aa4cf4f536d3709dedd8a2ce62d 100755
--- a/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh
+++ b/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Copyright 2020-2021, Ryan Pavlik <ryan@ryanpavlik.com>
+# Copyright 2020-2022, Ryan Pavlik <ryan@ryanpavlik.com>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
 # Packages produced this way are for automated use only and shouldn't be uploaded to the Debian archive.
@@ -12,21 +12,26 @@ set -e
 
     if [ x"$1" != x ]; then
         COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE=$1
+        echo "Package version will describe commit specified on command line: ${COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE}"
         export COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE
     else
-        COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE=master
+        COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE=main
+        echo "Package version will describe default commit: ${COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE}"
         export COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE
     fi
 
     if [ x"$2" != x ]; then
         PKG_REVISION=$2
+        echo "Appending custom revision suffix specified on command line: ${PKG_REVISION}"
         export PKG_REVISION
     else
         PKG_REVISION=1~bpo11~ci$(date --utc "+%Y%m%d")
+        echo "Appending auto-generated revision suffix: ${PKG_REVISION}"
         export PKG_REVISION
     fi
 
-    UPSTREAM_VER=$(git describe $COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE | sed -E -e 's/^v//' -e 's/-([0-9]+)-g([0-9a-f])/+git\1.\2/')
+    UPSTREAM_VER=$(git describe --exclude "v0*" "$COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE" | sed -E -e 's/^v//' -e 's/-([0-9]+)-g([0-9a-f])/+git\1.\2/')
+    echo "Computed package version ${UPSTREAM_VER}"
     git archive -o "../monado_${UPSTREAM_VER}.orig.tar.gz" ${COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE}
     dch --newversion "${UPSTREAM_VER}-${PKG_REVISION}" --preserve "Automated CI build of commit ${COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE}"
 )