diff --git a/bump_version.sh b/bump_version.sh
index c1cd5b324..d2e49108a 100644
--- a/bump_version.sh
+++ b/bump_version.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 current_version=$(grep "version: 5.0." pubspec.yaml | cut -f2 -d "+" )
 new_vesion=$((current_version+1))
+date_today=$(date +%F)
 
 echo "Bump version... $current_version => $new_vesion"
 
 sed -i -e "s/version: 5.0.$current_version+$current_version/version: 5.0.$new_vesion+$new_vesion/g" ./pubspec.yaml
 sed -i -e "s/version: 5.0.$current_version+$current_version/version: 5.0.$new_vesion+$new_vesion/g" ./pubspec.foss.yaml
 sed -i -e "s/v5.0.$current_version/v5.0.$new_vesion/g" ./.github/workflows/flatpak.yml
-sed -i -e 's/<releases>/<releases>\n    <release version="5.0.'$new_vesion'" date="XXXX-XX-XX"\/>/g' ./flatpak/com.invoiceninja.InvoiceNinja.metainfo.xml
+sed -i -e 's/<releases>/<releases>\n    <release version="5.0.'$new_vesion'" date="'$date_today'"\/>/g' ./flatpak/com.invoiceninja.InvoiceNinja.metainfo.xml
 sed -i -e "s/kClientVersion = '5.0.$current_version'/kClientVersion = '5.0.$new_vesion'/g" ./lib/constants.dart
 sed -i -e "s/version: '5.0.$current_version'/version: '5.0.$new_vesion'/g" ./snap/snapcraft.yaml
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