diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 739a939..5529f18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: help tests dist
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-VERSION := $(if $(TAG),$(TAG),$(BRANCH))
+VERSION := $(if $(TAG),$(TAG),dev-$(BRANCH))
 
 help:
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-12s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ api: ## Generates api-docs
 dist: ## Generates distribution
 	cp dist/composer* res/
 	mv dist/composer-dist.json dist/composer.json
+	sed -i -e "s%//VERSION//%$(VERSION)%g" dist/composer.json
 	cd dist && composer install
 	rm dist/composer.json
 	rm dist/composer.lock
diff --git a/dist/composer-dist.json b/dist/composer-dist.json
index 7aece67..7de20d9 100644
--- a/dist/composer-dist.json
+++ b/dist/composer-dist.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         }
     ],
      "require": {
-        "jeroened/libpairtwo": "*"
+        "jeroened/libpairtwo": "//VERSION//"
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev"
 }
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