2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/_incr_version b/contrib/_incr_version
index 7059918d..436faf14 100755
--- a/contrib/_incr_version
+++ b/contrib/_incr_version
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -eu
 old_version="$1"
 new_version="$2"
-sed -i meson.build -e "s/version: '$old_version'/version: '$new_version'/g"
+sed -i meson.build -e "s/^      version: .*#release_version/    version: '$new_version', #release_version/g"
 
 printf "Minimum wlroots version? "
 read wlr_version_min
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 70afcd50..230d6b1e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
         'sway',
         'c',
-        version: '1.2',
+        version: '1.2', #release_version
         license: 'MIT',
         meson_version: '>=0.48.0',
         default_options: [