diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 227dc6d..ae2f4c9 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ depends.mk: *.cc
 	mv -fv $@.new $@
 
 .version.cc: Makefile ../makeflags *.cc ../include/crucible/*.h
-	echo "namespace crucible { const char *VERSION = \"$(TAG)\"; }" > .version.new.cc
-	mv -f .version.new.cc .version.cc
+	echo "namespace crucible { const char *VERSION = \"$(TAG)\"; }" > $@.new
+	mv -f $@.new $@
 
 include depends.mk