diff --git a/Builders/AndroidBuilder.cs b/Builders/AndroidBuilder.cs
index e6f6e8e..21f7cb1 100644
--- a/Builders/AndroidBuilder.cs
+++ b/Builders/AndroidBuilder.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Desktop.Deploy.Uploaders;
 
 namespace osu.Desktop.Deploy.Builders
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public override void Build()
                     + $" -p:AndroidSigningStorePass={codeSigningPassword}";
             }
 
-            string[] versionParts = Version.Split('.');
+            string[] versionParts = Version.Split('-').First().Split('.');
             string versionCode = versionParts[0].PadLeft(4, '0') + versionParts[1].PadLeft(4, '0') + versionParts[2].PadLeft(1, '0');
 
             RunDotnetPublish($"-p:ApplicationVersion={versionCode} {codeSigningArguments}");
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 7346463..b487dbf 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
             if (args.Length > 2 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(args[2]))
                 Enum.TryParse(args[2], true, out targetPlatform);
 
+            // ensure version has a suffix
+            if (version.Split('-').Length == 1)
+                version = $"{version}-lazer";
+
             Console.ResetColor();
             Console.WriteLine($"Increment Version:     {IncrementVersion}");
             Console.WriteLine($"Signing Certificate:   {WindowsCodeSigningMetadataPath}");