diff --git a/packages/_infra/src/version.ts b/packages/_infra/src/version.ts
index b9feda701..ecd48ad01 100644
--- a/packages/_infra/src/version.ts
+++ b/packages/_infra/src/version.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const VersionUtil = {
     version(): VersionInfo {
         if (versionInfo == null) {
             const info = getGitInfo();
-            const version = info.tag == null ? 'HEAD' : info.tag;
+            const version = (info.tag == null ? `${info.lastTag}-${info.commitsSinceLastTag}` : info.tag) ?? 'HEAD';
             const hash = info.sha;
             versionInfo = { version, hash };
         }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/__test__/semver.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/__test__/semver.test.ts
index 7f2d2cb03..8a79649dd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/__test__/semver.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/__test__/semver.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ o.spec('VersionCompare', () => {
             o(SemVer.toNumber('1.1.1') > SemVer.toNumber('1.1.0')).equals(true);
             o(SemVer.toNumber('2.1.1') > SemVer.toNumber('1.1.0')).equals(true);
         });
+
+        o('should support release candidates', () => {
+            o(SemVer.toNumber('0.0.1-rc1')).equals(1);
+            o(SemVer.toNumber('1.0.0-rc2')).equals(SemVer.toNumber('1.0.0'));
+        });
     });
 
     o.spec('fromNumber', () => {