diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a3b06ce58..47619ea83a 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ project(OpenColorIO
     LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 # "dev", "beta1", rc1", etc or "" for an official release.
-set(OpenColorIO_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "dev")
+set(OpenColorIO_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "")
 
 enable_testing()