diff --git a/gertty/app.py b/gertty/app.py
index 6c35934..37e3e55 100644
--- a/gertty/app.py
+++ b/gertty/app.py
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class App(object):
 
 
 def version():
-    return "Gertty version: %s" % gertty.version.version_info.version_string()
+    return "Gertty version: %s" % gertty.version.version_info.release_string()
 
 class PrintKeymapAction(argparse.Action):
     def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
diff --git a/gertty/sync.py b/gertty/sync.py
index 86e9068..7f26c1a 100644
--- a/gertty/sync.py
+++ b/gertty/sync.py
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ class VacuumDatabaseTask(Task):
 
 class Sync(object):
     def __init__(self, app):
-        self.user_agent = 'Gertty/%s %s' % (gertty.version.version_info.version_string(),
+        self.user_agent = 'Gertty/%s %s' % (gertty.version.version_info.release_string(),
                                             requests.utils.default_user_agent())
         self.offline = False
         self.account_id = None