diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index bccdda9..8acb0b1 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.0.3"
+current_version = "0.0.1" # this is the single source of truth for the version
 
 # do not create tags or commits by default
 commit = false
 tag = false
+# allow to bump version even if there are uncommitted changes
 allow_dirty = true
+
+
 # parser
-parse = "(?P<year>\\d+)\\.(?P<month>\\d+)\\.(?P<id>\\d+)\\-(?P<dev>release|build)\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+?"
+# either YYYY.MM.MICRO or YYYY.MM.MICRO-build.date.COMMIT_SHA
+parse = "(?P<year>\\d+)\\.(?P<month>\\d+)\\.(?P<micro>\\d+)(?:\\-(?P<dev>release|build)\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?"
+
+
 serialize = [
-    "{year}.{month}.{id}-{dev}.{$SHORT_COMMIT_SHA}", # commit SHA is env variable
-    "{year}.{month}.{id}"
+    "{year}.{month}.{micro}-{dev}.{now:%D-%H-%M}.{$SHORT_COMMIT_SHA}", # the serializer for dev builds; commit SHA is env variable;
+    # note that builds cannot be incremented!
+    # this is purely for covenience of building intermediate versions without actually bumping the version in the codebase
+    "{year}.{month}.{micro}" # serializer for actual releases
 ]
 
-
 [tool.bumpversion.parts.dev]
 # first value is optional and hence omitted from version output
 # only build will appear in output if necessary