diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
index 52999c0d2..2b6469f4c 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ func isOutdated(current, latest string) bool {
 		latest = "v" + latest
 	}
 
+	// Skip notification for dev builds (e.g., "1.0.0-dev-xxx").
+	// These are local development builds and shouldn't trigger update notifications.
+	// Normal prereleases (e.g., "1.0.0-rc1") should still be compared normally.
+	if strings.Contains(semver.Prerelease(current), "dev") {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	// semver.Compare returns -1 if current < latest
 	return semver.Compare(current, latest) < 0
 }
diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go
index 24954d997..4dcc87a18 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func TestIsOutdated(t *testing.T) {
 		// Pre-release versions (semver uses hyphen)
 		{"1.0.0-rc1", "1.0.0", true, "prerelease in current"},
 		{"1.0.0", "1.0.1-rc1", true, "prerelease in latest is still newer"},
+		{"1.0.0-dev-xxx", "1.0.1", false, "dev build skips version check"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/mise-tasks/build b/mise-tasks/build
index 508e443d6..2c47e7669 100755
--- a/mise-tasks/build
+++ b/mise-tasks/build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #MISE description="Build the CLI"
 
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "dev")
+TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 || echo "v0.0.0")
 COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+VERSION="${TAG}-dev-${COMMIT}"
+
 go build -ldflags "-X github.com/entireio/cli/cmd/entire/cli/versioninfo.Version=${VERSION} -X github.com/entireio/cli/cmd/entire/cli/versioninfo.Commit=${COMMIT}" -o entire ./cmd/entire
diff --git a/mise-tasks/dev/publish b/mise-tasks/dev/publish
index 08e1856bb..b5eecd400 100755
--- a/mise-tasks/dev/publish
+++ b/mise-tasks/dev/publish
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ set -eu
 export GOBIN=${GOPATH:-$HOME/go}/bin
 echo "NOTE: we're overriding \$GOBIN: $GOBIN" 1>&2
 
-VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "dev")
+TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 || echo "v0.0.0")
 COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+VERSION="${TAG}-dev-${COMMIT}"
 
 go install -ldflags "-X github.com/entireio/cli/cmd/entire/cli/versioninfo.Version=${VERSION} -X github.com/entireio/cli/cmd/entire/cli/versioninfo.Commit=${COMMIT}" ./cmd/entire
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 1377d8da1..9e766a40a 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,3 @@ run = "go test -tags=integration ./cmd/entire/cli/integration_test/..."
 [tasks."test:ci"]
 description = "Run all tests (unit + integration) with race detection"
 run = "go test -tags=integration -race ./..."
-
-[tasks."build:all"]
-description = "Build for all platforms using goreleaser"
-run = "goreleaser build --snapshot --clean"
-