diff --git a/packaging/components.nix b/packaging/components.nix
index 9da864887..386346194 100644
--- a/packaging/components.nix
+++ b/packaging/components.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let
     pkg-config
     ;
 
-  baseVersion = lib.fileContents ../.version;
+  baseVersion = lib.fileContents ../.version-determinate;
 
   versionSuffix = lib.optionalString (!officialRelease) "pre";
 
diff --git a/packaging/dev-shell.nix b/packaging/dev-shell.nix
index 1651a86be..a5a2426a4 100644
--- a/packaging/dev-shell.nix
+++ b/packaging/dev-shell.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pkgs.nixComponents.nix-util.overrideAttrs (
     pname = "shell-for-" + attrs.pname;
 
     # Remove the version suffix to avoid unnecessary attempts to substitute in nix develop
-    version = lib.fileContents ../.version;
+    version = lib.fileContents ../.version-determinate;
     name = attrs.pname;
 
     installFlags = "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc";