diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index fce82fa628b4..5820c3c922cb 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -2275,6 +2275,9 @@ object Build {
     )
     .settings(
       Windows / name := "scala",
+      // Windows/version is used to create ProductInfo - it requires a version without any -RC suffixes
+      // If not explicitly overriden it would try to use `dottyVersion` assigned to `dist-win-x86_64/version`
+      Windows / version    := developedVersion,
       Windows / mappings   := (Universal / mappings).value,
       Windows / packageBin := (Windows / packageBin).dependsOn(republish).value,
       Windows / wixFiles   := (Windows / wixFiles).dependsOn(republish).value,