diff --git a/ci/packaging/debian/changelog.template b/ci/packaging/debian/changelog.template
index 666263a7f3..b7b5342d69 100644
--- a/ci/packaging/debian/changelog.template
+++ b/ci/packaging/debian/changelog.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-${PACKAGE} (${VERSION}-1) stable; urgency=medium
+${PACKAGE} (${VERSION}) stable; urgency=medium
 
 ${RELEASE_NOTES}
 
diff --git a/ci/packaging/scopy-deb-build.sh b/ci/packaging/scopy-deb-build.sh
index 50ab69db16..28baed571e 100755
--- a/ci/packaging/scopy-deb-build.sh
+++ b/ci/packaging/scopy-deb-build.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ REPO_ROOT=$(git -C "${SCRIPT_DIR}" rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 PROJECT_VERSION=$(grep -oP 'project\(scopy VERSION \K[0-9.]+' "${REPO_ROOT}/CMakeLists.txt")
 RELEASE_PHASE=$(grep -oP 'set\(SCOPY_RELEASE_PHASE \K[^)]+' "${REPO_ROOT}/CMakeLists.txt" || true)
 [ "${RELEASE_PHASE}" == "\"\"" ] &&  unset RELEASE_PHASE # if RELEASE_PHASE contains an empty string (only quotes) set it to null
-VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}${RELEASE_PHASE}"
-RELEASE="v${VERSION}"
+VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}${RELEASE_PHASE/-/\~}" # ${parameter/pattern/string} replace "-" with "~"
+RELEASE="v${PROJECT_VERSION}-1${RELEASE_PHASE}"
 
 echo "Scopy version: ${VERSION}"