3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cf8d7e5..13130f5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Any maintainer is allowed to merge a PR if all of these conditions are met.
 Maintainers need to do the following to push out a release:
 
 1. Make sure that all pending and mergeable pull requests are in
-2. Update the `snuffleupagus.h` file with the new version number
+2. Update the `snuffleupagus.h` file: drop the -dev suffix and check new version comply with [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/)
 3. Update the changelog page in the documentation
 4. Update the Debian changelog in ./debian/changelog with `dch`
 5. Create a tag for the release:
@@ -136,4 +136,5 @@ Maintainers need to do the following to push out a release:
   ```
 
 6. Create the [release on github](https://github.com/nbs-system/snuffleupagus/releases)
-7. Do the *secret release dance*
+7. Update the `snuffleupagus.h` file: bump the version 3rd digit and add the -dev suffix
+8. Do the *secret release dance*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index afde6b6..8470588 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ clean:  ## clean everything
         cd src; phpize --clean
 
 release:  ## compile with releases flags
-        sed -i "s/#define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_COMMIT \"\"/#define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_COMMIT \"($$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1))\"/" ./src/php_snuffleupagus.h
         cd src; phpize
         cd src; ./configure --enable-snuffleupagus
         make -C src
diff --git a/src/php_snuffleupagus.h b/src/php_snuffleupagus.h
index eea1c9e..95f271d 100644
--- a/src/php_snuffleupagus.h
+++ b/src/php_snuffleupagus.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_H
 #define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_H
 
-#define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_COMMIT ""
-#define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_VERSION "0.2 " PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_COMMIT
+#define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_VERSION "0.2.1-dev"
 #define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_EXTNAME "snuffleupagus"
 #define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_AUTHOR "NBS System"
 #define PHP_SNUFFLEUPAGUS_URL "https://github.com/nbs-system/snuffleupagus"