diff --git a/scripts/create-release b/scripts/create-release
index 35688f0..21649c9 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release
+++ b/scripts/create-release
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@
 sed -e "s:Copyright 2000-[0-9]*\s*Willy Tarreau.*>:Copyright 2000-$YEAR Willy Tarreau <willy@haproxy.org>:" \
     -i src/haproxy.c
 
+echo "Updating version.h ..."
+sed -e "s:^\(#define\s*PRODUCT_BRANCH\s*\)\"[^\"]*\":\1\"$BRANCH\":" \
+    -i include/common/version.h
+
 if [ -n "$INTERACTIVE" ]; then
 	vi CHANGELOG VERSION VERDATE examples/haproxy*.spec \
 	   src/haproxy.c README doc/configuration.txt \