diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1a2d0c0d..971fb7a9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.13.0"
+    ".": "0.12.0"
 }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a1dbf22..2beef18e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 BINARY = $(addprefix bin/,finch-daemon)
 
 PACKAGE := github.com/runfinch/finch-daemon
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --match 'v[0-9]*' --dirty='.modified' --always --tags)
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --match 'v[0-9]*' --dirty='.modified' --always --tags)
 GITCOMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)$(shell if ! git diff --no-ext-diff --quiet --exit-code; then echo .m; fi)
 
 ifndef GODEBUG
diff --git a/scripts/create-releases.sh b/scripts/create-releases.sh
index 93c164d8..675d04eb 100755
--- a/scripts/create-releases.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-releases.sh
@@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ release_version=${1/v/} # Remove v from tag name
 dynamic_binary_name=finch-daemon-${release_version}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz
 static_binary_name=finch-daemon-${release_version}-linux-${ARCH}-static.tar.gz
 
-make build
+VERSION="$1"
+make VERSION="$VERSION" build
 cp "$LICENSE_FILE" "${OUT_DIR}"
 pushd "$OUT_DIR"
 tar -czvf "$RELEASE_DIR"/"$dynamic_binary_name" -- *
 popd
 rm -rf "{$OUT_DIR:?}"/*
 
-STATIC=1 make build
+STATIC=1 make VERSION="$VERSION" build
 cp "$LICENSE_FILE" "${OUT_DIR}"
 pushd "$OUT_DIR"
 tar -czvf "$RELEASE_DIR"/"$static_binary_name" -- *