diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt
index 534aef5059..9d9844cf3b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildConfig.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+
 object BuildConfig {
     val MINECRAFT_VERSION: String = "1.21.1"
     val NEOFORGE_VERSION: String = "21.1.46"
@@ -9,5 +11,31 @@ object BuildConfig {
     val PARCHMENT_VERSION: String? = null
 
     // https://semver.org/
-    val MOD_VERSION: String = "0.6.0-beta.2"
+    var MOD_VERSION: String = "0.6.0-beta.2"
+
+    fun createVersionString(project: Project): String {
+        val builder = StringBuilder()
+
+        val isReleaseBuild = project.hasProperty("build.release")
+        val buildId = System.getenv("GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER")
+
+        if (isReleaseBuild) {
+            builder.append(MOD_VERSION)
+        } else {
+            builder.append(MOD_VERSION.substringBefore('-'))
+            builder.append("-snapshot")
+        }
+
+        builder.append("+mc").append(MINECRAFT_VERSION)
+
+        if (!isReleaseBuild) {
+            if (buildId != null) {
+                builder.append("-build.${buildId}")
+            } else {
+                builder.append("-local")
+            }
+        }
+
+        return builder.toString()
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-base.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-base.gradle.kts
index faac526163..c23e78a4c6 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-base.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-base.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "net.caffeinemc"
-version = BuildConfig.MOD_VERSION
+version = BuildConfig.createVersionString(project)
 
 java.toolchain.languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(21)
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-platform.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-platform.gradle.kts
index 94da445d40..006f9f3500 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-platform.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/multiloader-platform.gradle.kts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ dependencies {
 
 tasks {
     processResources {
-        inputs.property("version", BuildConfig.MOD_VERSION)
+        inputs.property("version", version)
 
         filesMatching(listOf("fabric.mod.json", "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml")) {
-            expand(mapOf("version" to BuildConfig.MOD_VERSION))
+            expand(mapOf("version" to version))
         }
     }
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ publishing {
         create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
             groupId = project.group as String
             artifactId = project.name as String
-            version = BuildConfig.MOD_VERSION
+            version = version
 
             from(components["java"])
         }