diff --git a/commitizen/tags.py b/commitizen/tags.py
index aa11cb7a9..5724bb257 100644
--- a/commitizen/tags.py
+++ b/commitizen/tags.py
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ def extract_version(self, tag: GitTag) -> Version:
             m for regex in self.version_regexes if (m := regex.fullmatch(tag.name))
         )
         if not (m := next(candidates, None)):
-            raise InvalidVersion()
+            raise InvalidVersion(
+                f"Invalid version tag: '{tag.name}' does not match any configured tag format"
+            )
         if "version" in m.groupdict():
             return self.scheme(m.group("version"))