diff --git a/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml b/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml
index 827f3578ec..4a67efc07e 100644
--- a/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ pkg-config = "0.3.19"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 version-sync = "0.9.2"
+
+[package.metadata.release]
+pre-release-replacements = [
+  { file = "README.md", search = "libceed-sys = \"[0-9.]*\"", replace = "libceed-sys = \"{{version}}\"" },
+  { file = "build.rs", search = "atleast_version\\(\"[0-9.]*\"\\)", replace = "atleast_version(\"{{version}}\")" },
+]
diff --git a/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml b/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml
index 4f63fb04af..a1daa523ec 100644
--- a/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ version-sync = "0.9.2"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["katexit"]
+
+[package.metadata.release]
+pre-release-replacements = [
+  { file = "README.md", search = "libceed = \"[0-9.]*\"", replace = "libceed = \"{{version}}\"" },
+  { file = "../../README.md", search = "libceed = \"[0-9.]*\"", replace = "libceed = \"{{version}}\"" },
+]