diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index de7ee767..ff21651b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ Versioning
 Note that the following applies *per crate*, since each crate is its own debian package:
 
 The first commit after a release should bump the version to the next patch level with a ``-dev.1``
-suffix for the crate *and for the proxmox crate*:
+suffix for the crate *and for the proxmox crate*, as well as all crates depending on it. For
+instance, ``proxmox-api`` depends on ``proxmox-tools``, so bumpgin ``proxmox-tools`` to a new `dev`
+version also requires bumping ``proxmox-api`` to a new dev version, since cargo requires
+pre-release versions to be selected explicitly:
 
-    0.1.0 -> 0.1.1-dev.1
+    First commit after release: 0.1.0 -> 0.1.1-dev.1
+    Version bump commit: 0.1.1-dev.1 -> 0.1.1
 
 It is unlikely that we'll need more than one .dev version, but it may be useful at some point, so
 we'll include teh ``.1``.
diff --git a/proxmox-api/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-api/Cargo.toml
index cae011e7..aba1a38e 100644
--- a/proxmox-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "proxmox-api"
 edition = "2018"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1-dev.1"
 authors = [ "Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>" ]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bytes = "0.5"
 failure = "0.1"
 futures = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
-proxmox-tools = { version = "0.1", path = "../proxmox-tools" }
+proxmox-tools = { version = "0.1.1-dev.1", path = "../proxmox-tools" }
 regex = "1.2"
 rustyline = "5.0.5"
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml
index 59ca42bf..cbb4bcf4 100644
--- a/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "proxmox-sys"
 edition = "2018"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1-dev.1"
 authors = [
     "Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>",
     "Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 failure = "0.1"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 libc = "0.2"
-proxmox-tools = { path = "../proxmox-tools" }
+proxmox-tools = { version = "0.1.1-dev.1", path = "../proxmox-tools" }
 
 # Docs should be able to reference the proxmox crate.
 [dev-dependencies]