diff --git a/lib/version.h b/lib/version.h
index a46d1b0c8..06bdc6861 100644
--- a/lib/version.h
+++ b/lib/version.h
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 #define STRINGIFY(x) STRING(x)
 #define STRING(VER) #VER
-#if CPPCHECK_MINOR == CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR
-#define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR)
+#if CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR < 99
+#define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MINOR)
 #define CPPCHECK_VERSION CPPCHECK_MAJOR,CPPCHECK_MINOR,0,0
 #else
-#define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR) " dev"
+#define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MINOR) " dev"
 #define CPPCHECK_VERSION CPPCHECK_MAJOR,CPPCHECK_MINOR,99,0
 #endif
 #define LEGALCOPYRIGHT L"Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Cppcheck team."