diff --git a/increment_and_push.sh b/increment_and_push.sh
index fe5374d..839f1ae 100755
--- a/increment_and_push.sh
+++ b/increment_and_push.sh
@@ -219,15 +219,22 @@ create_gitea_release() {
     token=$(cat "$HOME/.gitea_token" | tr -d '\n\r')
     local api_url="https://git.laantungir.net/api/v1/repos/laantungir/n_signer"
 
+    # Include created_at timestamp to work around Gitea bug where releases
+    # created without a timestamp get epoch zero and don't appear in the
+    # releases list or web UI.
+    local now_iso
+    now_iso=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
     local response
     response=$(curl -s -X POST "$api_url/releases" \
         -H "Authorization: token $token" \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-        -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"body\": \"$COMMIT_MESSAGE\"}")
+        -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"target_commitish\": \"master\", \"name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"body\": \"$COMMIT_MESSAGE\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false, \"created_at\": \"$now_iso\"}")
 
     if echo "$response" | grep -q '"id"'; then
         echo "$response" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -1 | cut -d':' -f2
     else
+        print_error "Failed to create Gitea release: $response"
         return 1
     fi
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ccae2a5..823360a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -757,8 +757,8 @@ int socket_name_random(char *out, size_t out_len);
 /* Version information (auto-updated by build/version tooling) */
 #define NSIGNER_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define NSIGNER_VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define NSIGNER_VERSION_PATCH 47
-#define NSIGNER_VERSION "v0.0.47"
+#define NSIGNER_VERSION_PATCH 45
+#define NSIGNER_VERSION "v0.0.45"
 
 
 /* NSIGNER_HEADERLESS_DECLS_END */