diff --git a/.github/workflows/_get-version-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/_get-version-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..280bec31df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/_get-version-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Get next available version
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      version:
+        description: "The next unused version to use"
+        value: ${{ jobs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  get-version:
+    name: Get application version for this revision
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get version
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          version=$(./ci/get_version.sh full | xargs)-$(git rev-parse HEAD | xargs)
+          echo "version=${version}" > $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Print version
+        run: echo ::notice title=Version::${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml
index 03095188c0..ce34024609 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml
@@ -14,23 +14,6 @@ env:
   GO_VERSION: "1.22.6"
 
 jobs:
-  get-version:
-    name: Get application version for this revision
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Get version
-        id: get-version
-        run: |
-          TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=5 --match "v[0-9]*")
-          echo "version=${TAG/v}" > $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Print version
-        run: echo ::notice title=Version::${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
-
   # Add lint to dev builds as that's the only way for cache to be shared across branches.
   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/advanced-guides/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#matching-a-cache-key
   lint:
@@ -119,6 +102,10 @@ jobs:
       save-cache: true
       boringcrypto: ${{ matrix.boringcrypto == true }}
 
+  get-version:
+    name: Get next available version
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_get-version-workflow.yml
+
   build:
     name: Build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
@@ -151,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
       fips: ${{ matrix.fips == true }}
       save-cache: true
-      sumo_component_gomod_version: "v${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+      version: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
     secrets:
       apple_developer_certificate_p12_base64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_DEVELOPER_CERTIFICATE_P12_BASE64 }}
       apple_developer_certificate_password: ${{ secrets.APPLE_DEVELOPER_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
index 6de4938012..e00ddae670 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
@@ -223,9 +223,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run staticcheck
         run: make golint
 
+  get-version:
+    name: Get next available version
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_get-version-workflow.yml
+
   build:
     name: Build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
+    needs: [get-version]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -249,6 +254,7 @@ jobs:
       arch_os: ${{ matrix.arch_os }}
       runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
       fips: ${{ matrix.fips == true }}
+      version: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
     secrets:
       apple_developer_certificate_p12_base64: ${{ secrets.APPLE_DEVELOPER_CERTIFICATE_P12_BASE64 }}
       apple_developer_certificate_password: ${{ secrets.APPLE_DEVELOPER_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
index b7009fdcdc..d56a28f4df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
@@ -315,9 +315,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Fetch current branch
-        run: ./ci/fetch_current_branch.sh
-
       - name: Archive Chef cookbook
         run: tar -cvf ./examples/chef/chef-cookbook.tar.gz -C ./examples/chef sumologic-otel-collector/
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-build-otelcol-config.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-build-otelcol-config.yml
index 4f60e5d858..62ebf9e9ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-build-otelcol-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-build-otelcol-config.yml
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Fetch current branch
-        run: ./ci/fetch_current_branch.sh
-
       - name: Setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
index 11f77d5239..5f8a4d9b08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ on:
         description: Save the module and build caches.
         default: false
         type: boolean
+      version:
+        description: Version to use when building the binary
+        required: true
+        type: string
     secrets:
       apple_developer_certificate_p12_base64:
         required: false
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ defaults:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "1.22.6"
+  VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -57,9 +62,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Fetch current branch
-        run: ./ci/fetch_current_branch.sh
-
       - name: Determine if MacOS package should be signed
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         env:
@@ -186,6 +188,14 @@ jobs:
           go tool nm ${{ steps.set-binary-name.outputs.binary_name }} | \
           grep "vendor/github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-winnative/internal/bcrypt.GetFipsAlgorithmMode"
 
+      - name: Verify binary version
+        if: inputs.arch_os == 'linux_amd64' || inputs.arch_os == 'darwin_amd64'
+        run: |
+          binary=${{ steps.set-binary-name.outputs.binary_name }}
+          binary_path=otelcolbuilder/cmd/${binary}
+          ./ci/get_version_from_binary.sh otc "${binary_path}"
+          ./ci/get_version_from_binary.sh sumo "${binary_path}"
+
       - uses: apple-actions/import-codesign-certs@v3
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' && env.MACOS_SIGNING_ENABLED == 'true' }}
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-trigger-packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-trigger-packaging.yml
index 0f4892f5e1..dd043e014f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-trigger-packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-trigger-packaging.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Trigger Packaging
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          filter: 'tree:0'
-
       # TODO: output the workflow url
       - name: Trigger packaging workflow
         id: trigger-packaging-workflow
diff --git a/ci/_build_functions.sh b/ci/_build_functions.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 509a160b33..0000000000
--- a/ci/_build_functions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-
-err_report() {
-    echo "Script error on line $1"
-    exit 1
-}
-trap 'err_report $LINENO' ERR
-
-function fetch_current_branch() {
-  # No need to fetch when we can already do 'git describe ...'
-  git describe --tags >/dev/null && return
-
-  # No need to fetch full history with:
-  # git fetch --tags --unshallow
-  # Just fetch the current branch and its tags so that git describe works.
-  local BRANCH
-  BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-
-  # Need to check if repo is shallow because:
-  # "fatal: --unshallow on a complete repository does not make sense"
-  # and we need to unshallow the repository because otherwise we'd get:
-  # fatal: No tags can describe '<SHA>'.
-  # Try --always, or create some tags.
-  if [[ "true" == "$(git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository)" ]]; then
-    git fetch -v --tags --unshallow origin "${BRANCH}"
-  else
-    git fetch -v --tags origin "${BRANCH}"
-  fi
-}
diff --git a/ci/fetch_current_branch.sh b/ci/fetch_current_branch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b0b06aad0e..0000000000
--- a/ci/fetch_current_branch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-ROOT_DIR="$(dirname "$(dirname "${0}")")"
-readonly ROOT_DIR
-# shellcheck disable=SC1090
-source "${ROOT_DIR}"/ci/_build_functions.sh
-
-fetch_current_branch
diff --git a/ci/get_version.sh b/ci/get_version.sh
index 3ae74f1833..3afd84ddb6 100755
--- a/ci/get_version.sh
+++ b/ci/get_version.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ declare -i sumo_version
 
 usage() {
   cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [core|sumo|productversion]
+Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [core|sumo|full|productversion]
 
 Detects the version to use for building otelcol-sumo using a combination of the
 otelcol-builder config and Git tags. It can output version information in
diff --git a/ci/get_version_from_binary.sh b/ci/get_version_from_binary.sh
index 6a3c96f17a..959794e3be 100755
--- a/ci/get_version_from_binary.sh
+++ b/ci/get_version_from_binary.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ declare -i sumo_version
 
 usage() {
   cat <<EOF
-Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [otc|sumo] [path/to/otelcol-sumo]
+Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [core|sumo|productversion] [path/to/otelcol-sumo]
 
 Retrieves the version of an otelcol-sumo binary by parsing the output of
 otelcol-sumo's version flag.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ parse_version() {
 
     output="$(${binary_path} --version)"
 
-    regex=".* v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\-sumo\-([0-9]+).*"
+    regex=".* ([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\-sumo\-([0-9]+).*"
 
     if [[ $output =~ $regex ]]; then
         major_version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
diff --git a/otelcolbuilder/Makefile b/otelcolbuilder/Makefile
index d7237687ed..7c57dfbfe4 100644
--- a/otelcolbuilder/Makefile
+++ b/otelcolbuilder/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ install-builder:
 
 .PHONY: _builder
 _builder:
-	$(eval VERSION ?= $(shell ./ci/get_version.sh full | xargs)-$(shell git rev-parse HEAD | xargs))
+	$(eval VERSION ?= devel-$(shell git rev-parse HEAD | xargs))
 # Need to specify go path because otherwise opentelemetry-collector-builder
 # uses /usr/bin/go which on Github Actions is using preinstalled 1.15.12 by default.
 	CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) $(BUILDER_BIN_NAME) \