diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4a32403ffd..44b656d6a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Get short commit SHA
+      id: short-sha
+      run: echo "sha=$(git rev-parse --short $GITHUB_SHA)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: Get current version (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH)
+      id: current-version
+      run: echo "current_version=$(grep -Po "[\d.]+" rdmo/__init__.py)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: Add SHA as suffix to version
+      run: |
+        NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.current-version.outputs.current_version }}.dev0+${{ steps.short-sha.outputs.sha }}"
+        sed -i "s/__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"$NEW_VERSION\"/" rdmo/__init__.py
+    - run: cat rdmo/__init__.py
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version: 18
@@ -143,11 +154,6 @@ jobs:
         cache: pip
     - run: python -m pip install --upgrade build pip setuptools wheel
     - run: python -m build --wheel
-    - run: |
-        PR_NUMBER=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-        WHL_FILE=$(ls dist/*.whl)
-        NEW_NAME="${WHL_FILE/-py3-none-any/dev${PR_NUMBER}-py3-none-any}"
-        mv "$WHL_FILE" "$NEW_NAME"
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: wheel