diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cfd610f9..8bc35b0ca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ option(IMHEX_REPLACE_DWARF_WITH_PDB     "Remove DWARF information from binaries
 option(IMHEX_ENABLE_STD_ASSERTS         "Enable debug asserts in the C++ std library. (Breaks Plugin ABI!)"                     OFF)
 option(IMHEX_ENABLE_UNIT_TESTS          "Enable building unit tests"                                                            OFF)
 option(IMHEX_ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Enable precompiled headers"                                                            OFF)
-option(IMHEX_COMPRESS_DEBUG_INFO "Compress debug information"                                                                   ON )
+option(IMHEX_COMPRESS_DEBUG_INFO        "Compress debug information"                                                            ON )
 
 set(IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/cmake/modules")
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ include("${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/cmake/build_helpers.cmake")
 
 # Setup project
 loadVersion(IMHEX_VERSION)
+string(REPLACE "-WIP" "" IMHEX_VERSION_PLAIN ${IMHEX_VERSION})
 setVariableInParent(IMHEX_VERSION ${IMHEX_VERSION})
 configureCMake()
 
 project(imhex
         LANGUAGES       C CXX
-        VERSION         ${IMHEX_VERSION}
+        VERSION         ${IMHEX_VERSION_PLAIN}
         DESCRIPTION     "The ImHex Hex Editor"
         HOMEPAGE_URL    "https://imhex.werwolv.net"
 )
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2404d9590..df4a52f4b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.34.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.35.0-WIP
\ No newline at end of file