diff --git a/packages/app-cli/package-lock.json b/packages/app-cli/package-lock.json
index f603a6331..0c4574801 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/app-cli/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "joplin",
-	"version": "2.3.0",
+	"version": "2.3.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "joplin",
-			"version": "2.3.0",
+			"version": "2.3.1",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"aws-sdk": "^2.588.0",
diff --git a/packages/app-cli/package.json b/packages/app-cli/package.json
index d96b410d5..72d38aa5b 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-cli/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     ],
     "owner": "Laurent Cozic"
   },
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "bin": {
     "joplin": "./main.js"
   },
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-cli.ts b/packages/tools/release-cli.ts
index b2809f663..6b3cd450e 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/release-cli.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ const changelogPath = `${rootDir}/readme/changelog_cli.md`;
 async function main() {
 	process.chdir(appDir);
 
+	await execCommand2('git pull');
+
 	const newVersion = (await execCommand2('npm version patch')).trim();
 	console.info(`Building ${newVersion}...`);
 	const newTag = `cli-${newVersion}`;
 
-	await execCommand2('git pull');
 	await execCommand2('touch app/main.js');
 	await execCommand2('npm run build');
 	await execCommand2('cp ../../README.md build/');