diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a10c89d2c4..c54dbbf6bc 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ project(OpenColorIO
     HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO
     LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
-# "dev", "beta1", rc1", etc or "dev" for an official release.
-set(OpenColorIO_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "dev")
+# "dev", "beta1", rc1", etc or "" for an official release.
+set(OpenColorIO_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "")
 
 enable_testing()