diff --git a/dependencies/python/gen_version.py b/dependencies/python/gen_version.py
index 17413f2bc1..1fc9e58394 100644
--- a/dependencies/python/gen_version.py
+++ b/dependencies/python/gen_version.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # add_devbuild.py
 from pathlib import Path
-import subprocess
 import sys
 
-commit = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--always", "--dirty"],text=True).strip("\n")
-version = f"1.1.0-nightly+{commit}"
+version = f"1.1.0-beta4"
 
 path = sys.argv[1]