diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
index 63663901d4..18c83ec17a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
+      - name: Get real Kafka version
+        id: get_real_version
+        run: |
+          echo "KAFKA_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -d'-' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.jdk }}
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build TarGz
         run: |
           ./gradlew --build-cache --refresh-dependencies clean releaseTarGz
+      - name: Rename TarGz
+        run: |
+          mv ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ steps.get_real_version.outputs.KAFKA_VERSION }}.tgz ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ github.ref_name }}.tgz
+          mv ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ steps.get_real_version.outputs.KAFKA_VERSION }}-site-docs.tgz ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ github.ref_name }}-site-docs.tgz
 
       # docker image release
       - name: Cp TarGz to Docker Path
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
index 0216dcb614..25a2243732 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
+      - name: Get real Kafka version
+        id: get_real_version
+        run: |
+          echo "KAFKA_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -d'-' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.jdk }}
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build TarGz
         run: |
           ./gradlew --build-cache --refresh-dependencies clean releaseTarGz
+      - name: Rename TarGz
+        run: |
+          mv ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ steps.get_real_version.outputs.KAFKA_VERSION }}.tgz ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ github.ref_name }}.tgz
+          mv ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ steps.get_real_version.outputs.KAFKA_VERSION }}-site-docs.tgz ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.13-${{ github.ref_name }}-site-docs.tgz
 
       - name: GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/version.py b/tests/kafkatest/version.py
index 1f558c3a3b..83d5755556 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/version.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/version.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def get_version(node=None):
         return DEV_BRANCH
 
 DEV_BRANCH = KafkaVersion("dev")
-DEV_VERSION = KafkaVersion("1.0.0")
+DEV_VERSION = KafkaVersion("1.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
 
 LATEST_METADATA_VERSION = "3.3"