diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e5acad2..a3b87151 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(xca
 	LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
-file(READ VERSION ver)
+file(READ VERSION.txt ver)
 string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9\.]*)" _ ${ver})
 set(PROJECT_VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from VERSION
rename to VERSION.txt
diff --git a/release/git.release b/release/git.release
index 7e6802e5..0345eb74 100755
--- a/release/git.release
+++ b/release/git.release
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 type git || exit 1
-test -s VERSION && test -s changelog && test -d ../qt
+test -s VERSION.txt && test -s changelog && test -d ../qt
 
 export TVERSION="$1"
 commit=master
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if test -n "$x"; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "$TVERSION" > VERSION
+echo "$TVERSION" > VERSION.txt
 (
  LANG=C date +"xca $TVERSION %a %b %d %Y"
  echo
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo "$TVERSION" > VERSION
 ) > changelog.new
 mv changelog.new changelog
 
-git commit VERSION changelog -m "Prepare XCA $TVERSION"
+git commit VERSION.txt changelog -m "Prepare XCA $TVERSION"
 git tag -a "RELEASE.$TVERSION" -m "Release version $TVERSION"
 
 # Create the tar.gz
diff --git a/release/git.release.something b/release/git.release.something
index a8bc6675..50dacc75 100755
--- a/release/git.release.something
+++ b/release/git.release.something
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ fi
 branchname="build-$TVERSION"
 
 git checkout -b  "$branchname" "$commit"
-echo "$TVERSION" > VERSION
-git commit VERSION -m "$TVERSION"
+echo "$TVERSION" > VERSION.txt
+git commit VERSION.txt -m "$TVERSION"
 git tag RELEASE.$TVERSION
 
 # Create the tar.gz