diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 40de625eeb94..83e0d28e07a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          VERSION="$(uvx dunamai from git --style pep440 --no-metadata --latest-tag --pattern default-unprefixed)"
+          VERSION="$(uv run --only-group dev python ci/release/bump_version.py)"
           echo "value=${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: build wheel and source dist
diff --git a/ci/release/bump_version.py b/ci/release/bump_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c0db942bce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/release/bump_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def main():
+    from dunamai import Version
+
+    version = Version.from_git(latest_tag=True, pattern="default-unprefixed")
+    if version.distance:
+        version = version.bump(index=0)
+        out = f"{version.base}.dev{version.distance}"
+    else:
+        out = version.serialize()
+    print(out)  # noqa: T201
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 7c64a8bdd817..ec96e8bdd980 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ build-jupyterlite:
 
     rm -rf dist/
 
-    ibis_dev_version="$(uvx dunamai from git --style pep440 --no-metadata --latest-tag --pattern default-unprefixed)"
+    ibis_dev_version="$(uv run --only-group dev python ci/release/bump_version.py)"
     uvx --from=toml-cli toml set --toml-path=pyproject.toml project.version "$ibis_dev_version"
     sed -i "s/__version__ = \".+\"/__version__ = \"$ibis_dev_version\"/" ibis/__init__.py
     uv build --wheel
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3072c3ffdb55..1ba40c73251e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ dev = [
   "pyinstrument>=4.5.1,<6",
   "ruff>=0.1.8",
   "tqdm>=4.66.1,<5",
+  "dunamai>=1.22.0",
 ]
 tests = [
   "cloudpickle",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c5c4cbac0802..6280d3dd2dbf 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1214,6 +1214,18 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c8/2f/b81d855287b8bb44da1454a0d6e154dcd0e40f1c3654d120002cbde31479/duckdb-1.1.2-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:e3e6300b7ccaf64b609f4f0780a6e1d25ab8cf34cceed46e62c35b6c4c5cb63b", size = 10953563 },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dunamai"
+version = "1.22.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "packaging" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a0/fe/aee602f08765de4dd753d2e5d6cbd480857182e345f161f7a19ad1979e4d/dunamai-1.22.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:375a0b21309336f0d8b6bbaea3e038c36f462318c68795166e31f9873fdad676", size = 44453 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b8/01/0c3ba3dcf946e884ad8a153f6ac277e38cc8e87038059dbb751f89b9e258/dunamai-1.22.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:eab3894b31e145bd028a74b13491c57db01986a7510482c9b5fff3b4e53d77b7", size = 26187 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "et-xmlfile"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -1986,6 +1998,7 @@ visualization = [
 [package.dev-dependencies]
 dev = [
     { name = "codespell", extra = ["hard-encoding-detection", "toml"] },
+    { name = "dunamai" },
     { name = "google-cloud-storage" },
     { name = "ipython" },
     { name = "pre-commit" },
@@ -2178,6 +2191,7 @@ requires-dist = [
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [
     { name = "codespell", extras = ["hard-encoding-detection", "toml"], specifier = ">=2.2.6,<3" },
+    { name = "dunamai", specifier = ">=1.22.0" },
     { name = "google-cloud-storage", specifier = ">=2.7.0,<3" },
     { name = "ipython", specifier = ">=8.7.0,<9" },
     { name = "pre-commit", specifier = ">=4,<5" },