diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 8205345d0..37656beb8 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ pipeline {
        }
      }
     }
+    // Sanitize the release tag and strip illegal docker or github characters
+    stage("Sanitize tag"){
+      steps{
+        script{
+          env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN = sh(
+            script: '''echo ${EXT_RELEASE} | sed 's/[~,%@+;:]//g' ''',
+            returnStdout: true).trim()
+        }
+      }
+    }
     // If this is a master build use live docker endpoints
     stage("Set ENV live build"){
       when {
@@ -127,11 +137,11 @@ pipeline {
         script{
           env.IMAGE = env.DOCKERHUB_IMAGE
           if (env.MULTIARCH == 'true') {
-            env.CI_TAGS = 'amd64-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER + '|arm32v6-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER + '|arm64v8-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
+            env.CI_TAGS = 'amd64-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER + '|arm32v6-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER + '|arm64v8-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
           } else {
-            env.CI_TAGS = env.EXT_RELEASE + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
+            env.CI_TAGS = env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
           }
-          env.META_TAG = env.EXT_RELEASE + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
+          env.META_TAG = env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
         }
       }
     }
@@ -145,11 +155,11 @@ pipeline {
         script{
           env.IMAGE = env.DEV_DOCKERHUB_IMAGE
           if (env.MULTIARCH == 'true') {
-            env.CI_TAGS = 'amd64-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA + '|arm32v6-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA + '|arm64v8-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA
+            env.CI_TAGS = 'amd64-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA + '|arm32v6-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA + '|arm64v8-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA
           } else {
-            env.CI_TAGS = env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA
+            env.CI_TAGS = env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA
           }
-          env.META_TAG = env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA
+          env.META_TAG = env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-dev-' + env.COMMIT_SHA
           env.DOCKERHUB_LINK = 'https://hub.docker.com/r/' + env.DEV_DOCKERHUB_IMAGE + '/tags/'
         }
       }
@@ -163,11 +173,11 @@ pipeline {
         script{
           env.IMAGE = env.PR_DOCKERHUB_IMAGE
           if (env.MULTIARCH == 'true') {
-            env.CI_TAGS = 'amd64-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST + '|arm32v6-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST + '|arm64v8-' + env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST
+            env.CI_TAGS = 'amd64-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST + '|arm32v6-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST + '|arm64v8-' + env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST
           } else {
-            env.CI_TAGS = env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST
+            env.CI_TAGS = env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST
           }
-          env.META_TAG = env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST
+          env.META_TAG = env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-pr-' + env.PULL_REQUEST
           env.CODE_URL = 'https://github.com/' + env.LS_USER + '/' + env.LS_REPO + '/pull/' + env.PULL_REQUEST
           env.DOCKERHUB_LINK = 'https://hub.docker.com/r/' + env.PR_DOCKERHUB_IMAGE + '/tags/'
         }
@@ -501,7 +511,7 @@ pipeline {
           sh "docker manifest create ${IMAGE}:latest ${IMAGE}:amd64-latest ${IMAGE}:arm32v6-latest ${IMAGE}:arm64v8-latest"
           sh "docker manifest annotate ${IMAGE}:latest ${IMAGE}:arm32v6-latest --os linux --arch arm"
           sh "docker manifest annotate ${IMAGE}:latest ${IMAGE}:arm64v8-latest --os linux --arch arm64 --variant v8"
-          sh "docker manifest push --purge ${IMAGE}:${EXT_RELEASE}-ls${LS_TAG_NUMBER} || :"
+          sh "docker manifest push --purge ${IMAGE}:${META_TAG} || :"
           sh "docker manifest create ${IMAGE}:${META_TAG} ${IMAGE}:amd64-${META_TAG} ${IMAGE}:arm32v6-${META_TAG} ${IMAGE}:arm64v8-${META_TAG}"
           sh "docker manifest annotate ${IMAGE}:${META_TAG} ${IMAGE}:arm32v6-${META_TAG} --os linux --arch arm"
           sh "docker manifest annotate ${IMAGE}:${META_TAG} ${IMAGE}:arm64v8-${META_TAG} --os linux --arch arm64 --variant v8"
@@ -515,25 +525,25 @@ pipeline {
       when {
         branch "master"
         expression {
-          env.LS_RELEASE != env.EXT_RELEASE + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
+          env.LS_RELEASE != env.EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN + '-pkg-' + env.PACKAGE_TAG + '-ls' + env.LS_TAG_NUMBER
         }
         environment name: 'CHANGE_ID', value: ''
         environment name: 'EXIT_STATUS', value: ''
       }
       steps {
-        echo "Pushing New tag for current commit ${EXT_RELEASE}-pkg-${PACKAGE_TAG}-ls${LS_TAG_NUMBER}"
+        echo "Pushing New tag for current commit ${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}-pkg-${PACKAGE_TAG}-ls${LS_TAG_NUMBER}"
         sh '''curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/${LS_USER}/${LS_REPO}/git/tags \
-        -d '{"tag":"'${EXT_RELEASE}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
+        -d '{"tag":"'${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
              "object": "'${COMMIT_SHA}'",\
-             "message": "Tagging Release '${EXT_RELEASE}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}' to master",\
+             "message": "Tagging Release '${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}' to master",\
              "type": "commit",\
              "tagger": {"name": "LinuxServer Jenkins","email": "jenkins@linuxserver.io","date": "'${GITHUB_DATE}'"}}' '''
         echo "Pushing New release for Tag"
         sh '''#! /bin/bash
               curl -s https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${EXT_GITLAB_ID}/repository/commits/${EXT_GIT_BRANCH} | jq '. | .title' | sed 's:^.\\(.*\\).$:\\1:' > releasebody.json
-              echo '{"tag_name":"'${EXT_RELEASE}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
+              echo '{"tag_name":"'${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
                      "target_commitish": "master",\
-                     "name": "'${EXT_RELEASE}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
+                     "name": "'${EXT_RELEASE_CLEAN}'-pkg-'${PACKAGE_TAG}'-ls'${LS_TAG_NUMBER}'",\
                      "body": "**LinuxServer Changes:**\\n\\n'${LS_RELEASE_NOTES}'\\n**'${EXT_GITLAB_PROJ}' Changes:**\\n\\n' > start
               printf '","draft": false,"prerelease": false}' >> releasebody.json
               paste -d'\\0' start releasebody.json > releasebody.json.done