Change the versioning system to use tags for actual release versioning. Manually built will always be labeled as dev version.

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "*"
 
+env:
+  VERSION: "${{github.ref_name}}"
+
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:

build.gradle

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
+if (System.getenv("VERSION")) {
+    project.mod_version = System.getenv("VERSION")
+}
+
 version = "${project.mod_version}-${project.minecraft_version}"
 group = project.maven_group
 

gradle.properties

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ yarn_mappings=1.20.1+build.10
 loader_version=0.16.7
 
 # Mod Properties
-mod_version=1.1.0
+mod_version=dev
 maven_group=dev.bigduckie
 archives_base_name=static-data