diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e7c2b41d..a08b3394 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ message(STATUS "Compiler cache: ${_eve_compiler_cache_status}")
 set(EVENGINE_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(EVENGINE_MINOR_VERSION "5")
 set(EVENGINE_PATCH_VERSION "0")
-set(EVENGINE_DEV_VERSION "")
+set(EVENGINE_DEV_VERSION "-dev")
 
 set(EVENGINE_VERSION "${EVENGINE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${EVENGINE_MINOR_VERSION}.${EVENGINE_PATCH_VERSION}${EVENGINE_DEV_VERSION}")