diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index d193dbe26..982f9f112 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "PRERELEASE_REVISION=${PRERELEASE_REVISION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "DOCKER_TAGS=nosqlbench/nosqlbench:${PRERELEASE_REVISION}-prerelease,nosqlbench/nosqlbench:prerelease" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-
       - name: build prerelease revision
         run: |
           mvn package -Drevision="${{ env.PRERELEASE_REVISION }}"
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index d7a810bc0..d49554be8 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-- 801ed23ce (HEAD -> prerelease-testing, origin/prerelease-testing) fix revision var
+- 1adb4e4af (HEAD -> prerelease-testing, origin/prerelease-testing) fix version, again
+- 801ed23ce fix revision var
 - 430bee3eb fix version reference
 - 1f5b133f9 version fixes
 - 1793eb22f fixed script name
diff --git a/scripts/get-prerelease-version.sh b/scripts/get-prerelease-version.sh
index 5132e2533..b69960c23 100755
--- a/scripts/get-prerelease-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-prerelease-version.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ set -e
 
 export REVISION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=revision -q -DforceStdout)
 export PRERELEASE_REVISION=$(echo "${REVISION}" | cut -d'-' -f1)
-printf "%s\n" "${PRERELEASE_REVISION}"
+printf "%s-prerelease\n" "${PRERELEASE_REVISION}"
diff --git a/scripts/release-revision.sh b/scripts/release-revision.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e1b66c5c6..000000000
--- a/scripts/release-revision.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2023 nosqlbench
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-export REVISION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=revision -q -DforceStdout)
-export PRERELEASE_REVISION=$(echo "${REVISION}" | cut -d'-' -f1)
-printf "REVISION: '%s'  PRERELEASE_REVISION: '%s'\n" "${REVISION}" "${PRERELEASE_REVISION}"
-mvn package -Drevision="${PRERELEASE_REVISION}"