diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50e11cde2..05d270f49 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ yarn-error.log*
 
 js/
 /css/
-build/
+
+# packaged app
+build/artifacts
+
 coverage*
 vendor/
 
diff --git a/build/pre-commit.js b/build/pre-commit.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..225f757d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pre-commit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+exports.preCommit = (props) => {
+	const old = fs.readFileSync('appinfo/info.xml').toString('utf-8')
+
+	const updated = old.replace(/<version>(.+?)<\/version>/, '<version>' + props.version + '</version>')
+
+	fs.writeFileSync('appinfo/info.xml', updated)
+}