diff --git a/CMakeModules/KiCadVersion.cmake b/CMakeModules/KiCadVersion.cmake
index c61542b199..a38d4e5c34 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/KiCadVersion.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/KiCadVersion.cmake
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # KiCad.
 #
 # Note: This version string should follow the semantic versioning system
-set( KICAD_SEMANTIC_VERSION "6.0.1" )
+set( KICAD_SEMANTIC_VERSION "6.0.1-unknown" )
 
 # Default the version to the semantic version.
 # This is overridden by the git repository tag though (if using git)