diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
index 03f5650ad..9a1114f0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "dev_version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "Computed dev version: $VERSION"
 
-      - name: Patch version in pyproject.toml
+      - name: Patch version in meson.build
         run: |
-          sed -i "s/^version = .*/version = \"${{ steps.version.outputs.dev_version }}\"/" pyproject.toml
+          sed -i -e "0,/[ \t]version: /s/\([ \t]version: \).*/\1\'${{ steps.version.outputs.dev_version }}\',/" meson.build
 
       - name: Build sdist
         run: |
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b711a08aa..188fddd09 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ project(
 )
 
 vstr = meson.project_version().split('-rc')[0]
+vstr = vstr.split('.dev')[0]
 vid = vstr.split('.')
 library_version = '.'.join([vid[0], vid[1]])
 if vid.length() == 3