diff --git a/contrib/kiss-maintainer b/contrib/kiss-maintainer
index bf1b97b..25d903e 100755
--- a/contrib/kiss-maintainer
+++ b/contrib/kiss-maintainer
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 }
 
 kiss search "$@" | sort -u | while read -r repo; do cd "$repo"
-    m=$(git log -1 version 2>/dev/null) ||:
+    m=$(git log -1 -- version 2>/dev/null) ||:
     m=${m##*Author: }
     m=${m%%>*}