diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-python-build.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp-python-build.yml
index 5385e952ca..b91958dd9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp-python-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp-python-build.yml
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ jobs:
           find . -type f -name *.whl -exec cp {} dist/. \;
           find . -type f -name *.deb -exec cp {} dist/. \;
           find . -type f -name *.tar.gz -exec cp {} dist/. \;
+          find . -type f -name MSVC_version.txt -exec cp {} . \;
 
       # PyPI deployment
       - name: Set up Python 3.7
@@ -718,14 +719,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Increment the value of PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH
           sed -ri 's/(set\(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH\s\")([0-9]+)(.*)/echo "\1\\"$((\2+1))\\"\3"/ge' CMakeLists.txt
+          # Extract from CMake the project version number at the next release.
+          echo "message(STATUS \"JSBSIM_VERSION:\${PROJECT_VERSION}\")" >> src/CMakeLists.txt
+          export FUTURE_VERSION=`cmake . | grep JSBSIM_VERSION | awk -F':' '{print $2}'`
+          # Extract the project old version number
+          export OLD_VERSION=`egrep 'JSBSim-([0-9]+\.)+[0-9]+-setup.exe' README.md | awk -F'JSBSim-' '{ print $2}' | awk -F'-setup.exe' '{ print $1}'`
+          echo "OLD_VERSION=$OLD_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           # Update references to the current stable version in README.md
-          export PREV_VERSION=`egrep 'JSBSim-([0-9]+\.)+[0-9]+-setup.exe' README.md | awk -F'JSBSim-' '{ print $2}' | awk -F'-setup.exe' '{ print $1}'`
-          sed -ri 's/_'"$PREV_VERSION"'-[0-9]+.amd64.deb/_'"$VERSION"'-'"$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER"'.amd64.deb/g' README.md
-          sed -ri 's/'"$PREV_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' README.md
-          sed -ri 's/'"$PREV_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' matlab/README.md
+          sed -ri 's/_'"$OLD_VERSION"'-[0-9]+.amd64.deb/_'"$VERSION"'-'"$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER"'.amd64.deb/g' README.md
+          sed -ri 's/'"$OLD_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' README.md
+          sed -ri 's/'"$OLD_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' matlab/README.md
           # Update the MSVC project files.
-          sed -ri 's/JSBSIM_VERSION="$PREV_VERSION"/JSBSIM_VERSION="$VERSION"/g' JSBSim.vcxproj
-          sed -ri 's/JSBSIM_VERSION="$PREV_VERSION"/JSBSIM_VERSION="$VERSION"/g' JSBSimForUnreal.vcxproj
+          sed -ri 's/JSBSIM_VERSION=".*"/JSBSIM_VERSION="'$FUTURE_VERSION'"/g' JSBSim.vcxproj
           # Update the MSVC version
           sed -ri 's/Visual Studio\s[A-Za-z0-9 ]+\s\(build\s[0-9.]+\)/'"$MSVC_VERSION"'/g' matlab/README.md
           # Determine the branch name
@@ -734,7 +739,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git checkout $BRANCH_NAME
-          git commit -m "Bump version" CMakeLists.txt README.md matlab/README.md
+          git commit -m "Bump version" CMakeLists.txt README.md matlab/README.md JSBSim.vcxproj
           git push origin $BRANCH_NAME
 
       # Bump stable version of the `master` branch
@@ -747,10 +752,9 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: _master
         run: |
           # Update references to the current stable version in README.md
-          export PREV_VERSION=`egrep 'JSBSim-([0-9]+\.)+[0-9]+-setup.exe' README.md | awk -F'JSBSim-' '{ print $2}' | awk -F'-setup.exe' '{ print $1}'`
-          sed -ri 's/_'"$PREV_VERSION"'-[0-9]+.amd64.deb/_'"$VERSION"'-'"$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER"'.amd64.deb/g' README.md
-          sed -ri 's/'"$PREV_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' README.md
-          sed -ri 's/'"$PREV_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' matlab/README.md
+          sed -ri 's/_'"$OLD_VERSION"'-[0-9]+.amd64.deb/_'"$VERSION"'-'"$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER"'.amd64.deb/g' README.md
+          sed -ri 's/'"$OLD_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' README.md
+          sed -ri 's/'"$OLD_VERSION"'/'"$VERSION"'/g' matlab/README.md
           # Update the MSVC version
           sed -ri 's/Visual Studio\s[A-Za-z0-9 ]+\s\(build\s[0-9.]+\)/'"$MSVC_VERSION"'/g' matlab/README.md
           git commit -m "Bump stable release version" README.md matlab/README.md
@@ -770,7 +774,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.7'
       - name: Install Python packages
-        run: pip install -U numpy sphinx
+        run: pip install -U numpy sphinx cython 'setuptools>=60.0.0'
       - name: Checkout JSBSim
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Configure JSBSim