diff --git a/tools/release/release.sh b/tools/release/release.sh
index 0934e6c714..83ccc6d258 100755
--- a/tools/release/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release/release.sh
@@ -151,12 +151,20 @@ sed "s/private const val versionMonth = .*/private const val versionMonth = ${ve
 sed "s/private const val versionReleaseNumber = .*/private const val versionReleaseNumber = ${versionReleaseNumber}/" ${versionsFileBak} > ${versionsFile}
 rm ${versionsFileBak}
 
+printf -v versionReleaseNumber2Digits "%02d" "${versionReleaseNumber}"
+versionCode="20${versionYear}${versionMonth}${versionReleaseNumber2Digits}0"
+
+# Update the file aaptDump.txt with the new version
+aaptDumpFile="./tools/manifest/gplay/release/aaptDump.txt"
+sed "s/versionCode='[0-9]*'/versionCode='${versionCode}'/" ${aaptDumpFile} > ${aaptDumpFile}.bak
+sed "s/versionName='[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*'/versionName='${version}'/" ${aaptDumpFile}.bak > ${aaptDumpFile}
+rm ${aaptDumpFile}.bak
+
 git commit -a -m "Setting version for the release ${version}"
 
 printf "\n================================================================================\n"
 printf "Creating fastlane file...\n"
-printf -v versionReleaseNumber2Digits "%02d" "${versionReleaseNumber}"
-fastlaneFile="20${versionYear}${versionMonth}${versionReleaseNumber2Digits}0.txt"
+fastlaneFile="${versionCode}.txt"
 fastlanePathFile="./fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/${fastlaneFile}"
 printf "Main changes in this version: bug fixes and improvements.\nFull changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases" > "${fastlanePathFile}"