diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 4e34afefc..3de15b4ac 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -914,9 +914,9 @@ src/ios/Info.plist : $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 	@echo "[ios_version] $@"
 	@cat $@ | \
 		tr '\n' '^' | \
-		sed -r -e 's@(<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>\s*<string>)[0-9.]*(</string>)@\1$(VERSION_NUMBER)\2@' | \
+		sed -r -e 's@(<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>\^[[:space:]]*<string>)[0-9.]*(</string>)@\1$(VERSION_NUMBER:%-wip=%)\2@' | \
 		tr '^' '\n' > \
-		$@
+		$@.tmp && mv $@.tmp $@ || rm -f $@.tmp
 
 ##
 ## Android targets:
diff --git a/src/ios/Info.plist b/src/ios/Info.plist
index a5c0afc4c..a4314f5db 100644
--- a/src/ios/Info.plist
+++ b/src/ios/Info.plist
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>0.0.28-wip</string>
+	<string>0.0.28</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>iPhoneOS</string>