diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 639c07077..d1353e16c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ set(VERSION_MINOR 4)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 12)
 set(VERSION_EXTRA "" CACHE STRING "Stuff to append to version string")
 
+# Change to false for releases
+set(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD TRUE)
+
 set(VERSION_STRING "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
 if(VERSION_EXTRA)
 	set(VERSION_STRING ${VERSION_STRING}-${VERSION_EXTRA})
-else()
-	# Comment the following line during release
+elseif(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD)
 	set(VERSION_STRING "${VERSION_STRING}-dev")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GenerateVersion.cmake b/cmake/Modules/GenerateVersion.cmake
index 9b5304ad5..ad0e38263 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/GenerateVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/GenerateVersion.cmake
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 # Always run during 'make'
 
-if(VERSION_EXTRA)
-	set(VERSION_GITHASH "${VERSION_STRING}")
-else()
-	execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tag --dirty
+if(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD)
+	execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse --short HEAD
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${GENERATE_VERSION_SOURCE_DIR}"
 		OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION_GITHASH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 		ERROR_QUIET)
-
 	if(VERSION_GITHASH)
-		message(STATUS "*** Detected Git version ${VERSION_GITHASH} ***")
-	else()
-		execute_process(COMMAND git describe --always --tag --dirty
+		set(VERSION_GITHASH "${VERSION_STRING}-${VERSION_GITHASH}")
+		execute_process(COMMAND git diff-index --quiet HEAD
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY "${GENERATE_VERSION_SOURCE_DIR}"
-			OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION_GITHASH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-			ERROR_QUIET)
-		if(VERSION_GITHASH)
-			set(VERSION_GITHASH "${VERSION_STRING}-${VERSION_GITHASH}")
-			message(STATUS "*** Detected shallow Git version ${VERSION_GITHASH} ***")
-		else()
-			set(VERSION_GITHASH "${VERSION_STRING}")
+			RESULT_VARIABLE IS_DIRTY)
+		if(IS_DIRTY)
+			set(VERSION_GITHASH "${VERSION_GITHASH}-dirty")
 		endif()
+		message(STATUS "*** Detected Git version ${VERSION_GITHASH} ***")
 	endif()
 endif()
+if(NOT VERSION_GITHASH)
+	set(VERSION_GITHASH "${VERSION_STRING}")
+endif()
 
 configure_file(
 	${GENERATE_VERSION_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_config_githash.h.in
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 66c8170cb..044afa367 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ add_custom_target(GenerateVersion
 	-D "GENERATE_VERSION_SOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
 	-D "GENERATE_VERSION_BINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
 	-D "VERSION_STRING=${VERSION_STRING}"
-	-D "VERSION_EXTRA=${VERSION_EXTRA}"
+	-D "DEVELOPMENT_BUILD=${DEVELOPMENT_BUILD}"
 	-P "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/GenerateVersion.cmake"
 	WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
diff --git a/util/bump_version.sh b/util/bump_version.sh
index b45c63664..5ff69c8af 100755
--- a/util/bump_version.sh
+++ b/util/bump_version.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sed -i -re "s/^set\(VERSION_MINOR [0-9]+\)$/set(VERSION_MINOR $NEW_VERSION_MINOR
 
 sed -i -re "s/^set\(VERSION_PATCH [0-9]+\)$/set(VERSION_PATCH $NEW_VERSION_PATCH)/" CMakeLists.txt || die "Failed to update VERSION_PATCH"
 
-sed -i -re "s/^\tset\(VERSION_PATCH \\\$.VERSION_PATCH}-dev\)$/\t#set(VERSION_PATCH \${VERSION_PATCH}-dev)/" CMakeLists.txt || die "Failed to disable -dev suffix"
+sed -i -re "s/^set\(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD TRUE\)$/set(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD FALSE)/" CMakeLists.txt || die "Failed to unset DEVELOPMENT_BUILD"
 
 sed -i -re "s/^ANDROID_VERSION_CODE = [0-9]+$/ANDROID_VERSION_CODE = $NEW_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE/" build/android/Makefile || die "Failed to update ANDROID_VERSION_CODE"
 
@@ -98,3 +98,24 @@ sed -i -re "1s/[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/$NEW_VERSION/g" doc/menu_lua_api.txt || di
 git add -f CMakeLists.txt build/android/Makefile doc/lua_api.txt doc/menu_lua_api.txt || die "git add failed"
 
 git commit -m "Bump version to $NEW_VERSION" || die "git commit failed"
+
+############
+# Create tag
+############
+
+echo "Tagging $NEW_VERSION"
+
+git tag -a "$NEW_VERSION" -m "$NEW_VERSION" || die 'Adding tag failed'
+
+######################
+# Create revert commit
+######################
+
+echo 'Creating "revert to development" commit'
+
+sed -i -re 's/^set\(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD FALSE\)$/set(DEVELOPMENT_BUILD TRUE)/' CMakeLists.txt || die 'Failed to set DEVELOPMENT_BUILD'
+
+git add -f CMakeLists.txt || die 'git add failed'
+
+git commit -m "Continue with $NEW_VERSION-dev" || die 'git commit failed'
+