diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 4d7578d4..7e8047ff 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ copyright = u'2017, Puppet OpenStack Developers'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '12.0.0'
+version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '12.0.0-dev'
+release = ''
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.