diff --git a/hexagonal-spring-rules/build.gradle b/hexagonal-spring-rules/build.gradle
index 0a75663..203c990 100644
--- a/hexagonal-spring-rules/build.gradle
+++ b/hexagonal-spring-rules/build.gradle
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ def resolveVersion = {
         def proc = cmd.execute()
         proc.waitForOrKill(10_000)
         def tag = proc.text.readLines()
-            .findAll { it.startsWith('architecture-validator-hexagonal-spring-rules-v') || it.startsWith('spring-rules-v') }
+            .findAll { it.startsWith('hexagonal-spring-rules-v') }
             .sort()
             .last()
 
         if (tag) {
             def v = tag
-                .replaceFirst(/^architecture-validator-hexagonal-spring-rules-v/, '')
-                .replaceFirst(/^spring-rules-v/, '')
+                .replaceFirst(/^hexagonal-spring-rules-v/, '')
             logger.lifecycle('[hexagonal-spring-rules] version from GitHub release: ' + v)
             return v
         }
diff --git a/hexagonal-spring-rules/release.config.js b/hexagonal-spring-rules/release.config.js
index 6c8cfdb..285d71d 100644
--- a/hexagonal-spring-rules/release.config.js
+++ b/hexagonal-spring-rules/release.config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 module.exports = {
     branches: ["main"],
+    // Scoped to this module's own tag namespace so its version history is independent of the
+    // other modules in this repo. Previously this had no explicit tagFormat, which meant it fell
+    // back to semantic-release's default "v${version}" - the same format sedr-library used
+    // explicitly, so the two projects' tags collided and their version counters became
+    // interleaved. A "hexagonal-spring-rules-v0.5.0" tag is seeded on the commit that was the
+    // last real release under the old shared scheme, so numbering continues from there instead
+    // of restarting.
+    tagFormat: "hexagonal-spring-rules-v${version}",
     plugins: [
         ["@semantic-release/commit-analyzer", {
             preset: 'angular',