diff --git a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
index 97bbc9d..672c680 100644
--- a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-cliff-core"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.16"
+version = "0.1.0-rc.16" # managed by release.sh
 description = "Core library of git-cliff"
 authors = ["git-cliff contributors <git-cliff@protonmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0"
diff --git a/git-cliff/Cargo.toml b/git-cliff/Cargo.toml
index af448bc..f8ef1bd 100644
--- a/git-cliff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/git-cliff/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-cliff"
-version = "0.1.0-rc.16"
+version = "0.1.0-rc.16" # managed by release.sh
 description = "A highly customizable changelog generator ⛰️"
 authors = ["git-cliff contributors <git-cliff@protonmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0"
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ default-run = "git-cliff"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-git-cliff-core = { path = "../git-cliff-core" }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
 
+[dependencies.git-cliff-core]
+version = "0.1.0-rc.16" # managed by release.sh
+path = "../git-cliff-core"
+
 [dependencies.structopt]
 version = "0.3"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 1ed5b0a..a41126a 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # takes the tag as an argument (e.g. v0.1.0)
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
 	# update the version
-	sed "0,/^version = .*$/s//version = \"${1#v}\"/" -i git-cliff*/Cargo.toml
+	msg="# managed by release.sh"
+	sed "s/^version = .* $msg$/version = \"${1#v}\" $msg/" -i git-cliff*/Cargo.toml
 	# update the changelog
 	cargo run -- --tag "$1" > CHANGELOG.md
 	git add -A && git commit -m "chore(release): prepare for $1"