diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b8aa68d8630..bc21098c50c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ checksum = "9ea835d29036a4087793836fa931b08837ad5e957da9e23886b29586fb9b6650"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dusk-wasmtime"
-version = "20.0.0"
+version = "21.0.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dusk-wasmtime-cranelift"
-version = "20.0.0"
+version = "21.0.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dusk-wasmtime-environ"
-version = "20.0.0"
+version = "21.0.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 51be988dad57..97cf0ed778d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ all = 'allow'
 [workspace.dependencies]
 arbitrary = { version = "1.3.1" }
 wasmtime-wmemcheck = { path = "crates/wmemcheck", version = "=20.0.0" }
-wasmtime = { path = "crates/wasmtime", package = "dusk-wasmtime", version = "20.0.0", default-features = false }
+wasmtime = { path = "crates/wasmtime", package = "dusk-wasmtime", version = "21.0.0-alpha", default-features = false }
 wasmtime-c-api-macros = { path = "crates/c-api-macros", version = "=20.0.0" }
 wasmtime-cache = { path = "crates/cache", version = "=20.0.0" }
 wasmtime-cli-flags = { path = "crates/cli-flags", version = "=20.0.0" }
-wasmtime-cranelift = { path = "crates/cranelift", package = "dusk-wasmtime-cranelift", version = "=20.0.0" }
+wasmtime-cranelift = { path = "crates/cranelift", package = "dusk-wasmtime-cranelift", version = "=21.0.0-alpha" }
 wasmtime-winch = { path = "crates/winch", version = "=20.0.0" }
-wasmtime-environ = { path = "crates/environ", package = "dusk-wasmtime-environ", version = "=20.0.0" }
+wasmtime-environ = { path = "crates/environ", package = "dusk-wasmtime-environ", version = "=21.0.0-alpha" }
 wasmtime-explorer = { path = "crates/explorer", version = "=20.0.0" }
 wasmtime-fiber = { path = "crates/fiber", version = "=20.0.0" }
 wasmtime-types = { path = "crates/types", version = "20.0.0" }
diff --git a/crates/cranelift/Cargo.toml b/crates/cranelift/Cargo.toml
index 3af7d3c87cda..4d85320ffbda 100644
--- a/crates/cranelift/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cranelift/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-wasmtime-cranelift"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "21.0.0-alpha"
 authors.workspace = true
 description = "Integration between Cranelift and Wasmtime"
 license = "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception"
diff --git a/crates/environ/Cargo.toml b/crates/environ/Cargo.toml
index bd11afa38422..a7ca31a378bc 100644
--- a/crates/environ/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/environ/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-wasmtime-environ"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "21.0.0-alpha"
 authors.workspace = true
 description = "Standalone environment support for WebAsssembly code in Cranelift"
 license = "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception"
diff --git a/crates/versioned-export-macros/src/lib.rs b/crates/versioned-export-macros/src/lib.rs
index 065a0fc501f4..75ae899ae664 100644
--- a/crates/versioned-export-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/versioned-export-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use quote::ToTokens;
 const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 fn version(value: impl std::fmt::Display) -> String {
-    format!("{}_{}", value, VERSION.replace('.', "_"))
+    format!("{}_{}", value, VERSION.replace('.', "_").replace('-', "_"))
 }
 
 fn versioned_lit_str(value: impl std::fmt::Display) -> syn::LitStr {
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index c32641bcb8e9..af817d499d95 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-wasmtime"
-version.workspace = true
+version = "21.0.0-alpha"
 authors.workspace = true
 description = "High-level API to expose the Wasmtime runtime"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmtime"