diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e57a16f9..ba6aa1b6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,3 +3,25 @@
 plugins {
     id 'com.gtnewhorizons.gtnhconvention'
 }
+
+// The planned name of the next release
+def NEXT_VERSION = "2.6.1"
+version = NEXT_VERSION
+
+// Append to the version as needed. If the variables look a bit strange, that's because they are -
+// git-version doesn't expose a ton of useful functions, we need to extract them indirectly.
+
+// If we have a clean tag (or manually specified), this is a production release.
+// No need for the commit hash!
+def details = versionDetails()
+def isPlainTag = details.getCommitDistance() == 0
+def noCommitHash = providers.gradleProperty("noCommitHash").isPresent()
+if (!isPlainTag && !noCommitHash) {
+    version += "-" + details.gitHash
+}
+
+// If we have uncommitted changes, say so.
+def isDirty = gitVersion().endsWith(".dirty")
+if (isDirty && !noCommitHash) {
+    version += "-dirty"
+}