diff --git a/make/rpmdist.mk b/make/rpmdist.mk
index 1fe48cfa..d5e2010d 100644
--- a/make/rpmdist.mk
+++ b/make/rpmdist.mk
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ define increase_build_number
 	if ! grep -q HASH CVS/Entries; then \
 		cvs add HASH ;\
 	fi ;\
-	cvs commit -m "o $(shell cat VERSION)" HASH VERSION
+	cvs commit -m "$(MAJOR_MINOR_RELEASE)-$(shell expr $(BUILD_NUMBER) + 1)-dev" HASH VERSION
 endef
 
 define check_reinstall_old