Increment build number instead

bin/bump_version.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """Bump the version number"""
+import re
 
 version_filename = "setup.py"
 
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ with open(version_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             words = line.split("=")
             # split the version into parts (by period)
             v = words[1].split(".")
-            ver = f'{v[0]}.{v[1]}.{int(v[2]) + 1}'
+            build_num = re.findall(r"\d+", v[2])[0]
+            new_build_num = str(int(build_num)+1)
+            ver = f'{v[0]}.{v[1]}.{v[2].replace(build_num, new_build_num)}'
             f.write(f'    version="{ver}",\n')
         else:
             f.write(line)