diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d1ddc693..8fd078b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install wheel
 
       - name: Update version
-        run: sed -i 's/__version__ = "dev"/__version__ = "'"${GITHUB_REF##*/}"'"/g' lean/__init__.py
+        run: sed -i 's/__version__ = "0.0.0-dev"/__version__ = "'"${GITHUB_REF##*/}"'"/g' lean/__init__.py
 
       - name: Build package
         run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ jobs:
           aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id EATCOTHB6KFQP --paths /${{ secrets.AWS_BUCKET }}/lean-latest-ubuntu.zip
           aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id EATCOTHB6KFQP --paths /${{ secrets.AWS_BUCKET }}/lean-latest-macos.zip
           aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id EATCOTHB6KFQP --paths /${{ secrets.AWS_BUCKET }}/lean-latest-windows.zip
-        shell: bash
\ No newline at end of file
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/lean/__init__.py b/lean/__init__.py
index 0fb9ff80..76fc3e58 100644
--- a/lean/__init__.py
+++ b/lean/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 # The version is always set to "dev" in the Git repository. When a new release is ready,
 # a maintainer will push a new Git tag which will trigger GitHub Actions to publish a new
 # package to PyPI with the version of the tag.
-__version__ = "dev"
+__version__ = "0.0.0-dev"
diff --git a/lean/components/api/api_client.py b/lean/components/api/api_client.py
index 162ee573..c6787c75 100644
--- a/lean/components/api/api_client.py
+++ b/lean/components/api/api_client.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def _request(self, method: str, endpoint: str, options: Dict[str, Any] = {}, ret
         }
 
         version = __version__
-        if __version__ == 'dev':
+        if "dev" in version:
             version = 99999999
         headers["User-Agent"] = f"Lean CLI {version}"
 
diff --git a/lean/components/util/update_manager.py b/lean/components/util/update_manager.py
index 6a608a26..e8411b38 100644
--- a/lean/components/util/update_manager.py
+++ b/lean/components/util/update_manager.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def warn_if_cli_outdated(self, force: bool = False) -> None:
         current_version = __version__
 
         # A development version is never considered outdated
-        if current_version == "dev":
+        if "dev" in current_version:
             return
 
         if not force and not self._should_check_for_updates("cli", UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL_CLI):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84aaa974..e0698cb2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def get_version() -> str:
 
 
 def get_stubs_version_range() -> str:
-    if get_version() == "dev":
+    if "dev" in get_version():
         return ""
 
     try:
diff --git a/tests/components/util/test_update_manager.py b/tests/components/util/test_update_manager.py
index 9c14177d..4144c476 100644
--- a/tests/components/util/test_update_manager.py
+++ b/tests/components/util/test_update_manager.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_warn_if_cli_outdated_warns_when_pypi_version_newer_than_current_version
     logger.warn.assert_called()
 
 
-@mock.patch.object(lean, "__version__", "dev")
+@mock.patch.object(lean, "__version__", "0.0.0-dev")
 def test_warn_if_cli_outdated_does_nothing_when_running_dev_version(requests_mock: RequestsMock) -> None:
     logger, storage, docker_manager, update_manager = create_objects()