diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_debian_src.yml b/.github/workflows/build_debian_src.yml
index 1424774b0..9bb7dfb9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_debian_src.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_debian_src.yml
@@ -43,25 +43,24 @@ jobs:
           gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.PPA_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
         id: gpg
 
+      - name: Get release version string
+        working-directory: meshtasticd
+        run: |
+          echo "deb=$(./bin/buildinfo.py deb)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: version
+
       - name: Fetch libdeps, package debian source
         working-directory: meshtasticd
         run: debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
         env:
           SERIES: ${{ inputs.series }}
           GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ steps.gpg.outputs.keyid }}
-          REVISION: ${{ github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Get release version string
-        working-directory: meshtasticd
-        run: |
-          echo "long=$(./bin/buildinfo.py long)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "short=$(./bin/buildinfo.py short)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        id: version
+          PKG_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.deb }}
 
       - name: Store binaries as an artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: firmware-debian-${{ steps.version.outputs.long }}-${{ inputs.series }}-src
+          name: firmware-debian-${{ steps.version.outputs.deb }}~${{ inputs.series }}-src
           overwrite: true
           path: |
-            meshtasticd_${{ steps.version.outputs.short }}*
+            meshtasticd_${{ steps.version.outputs.deb }}*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_ppa.yml b/.github/workflows/package_ppa.yml
index d630e8092..f716fdff4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_ppa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_ppa.yml
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get release version string
         working-directory: meshtasticd
         run: |
-          echo "long=$(./bin/buildinfo.py long)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "short=$(./bin/buildinfo.py short)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "deb=$(./bin/buildinfo.py deb)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: version
 
       - name: Download artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: firmware-debian-${{ steps.version.outputs.long }}-${{ inputs.series }}-src
+          name: firmware-debian-${{ steps.version.outputs.deb }}~${{ inputs.series }}-src
           merge-multiple: true
 
       - name: Display structure of downloaded files
@@ -66,18 +65,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish with dput
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         run: |
-          dput ppa:meshtastic/meshtastic-daily meshtasticd_${{ steps.version.outputs.short }}_source.changes
-
-      # - name: Publish PPA
-      #   if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-      #   uses: yuezk/publish-ppa-package@v2
-      #   with:
-      #       # See https://launchpad.net/~meshtastic/+archive/ubuntu/meshtastic-daily
-      #       repository: "meshtastic/meshtastic-daily"
-      #       gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.PPA_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      #       gpg_passphrase: ""
-      #       tarball: "meshtasticd_${{ steps.version.outputs.short }}.tar.xz"
-      #       deb_email: "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-      #       deb_fullname: "github-actions[bot]"
-      #       # Supported Ubuntu versions
-      #       series: "plucky oracular noble jammy"
+          dput ppa:meshtastic/meshtastic-daily meshtasticd_${{ steps.version.outputs.deb }}~${{ inputs.series }}_source.changes
diff --git a/bin/readprops.py b/bin/readprops.py
index 4b730658a..68516b74c 100644
--- a/bin/readprops.py
+++ b/bin/readprops.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def readProps(prefsLoc):
     version = dict(config.items("VERSION"))
     verObj = dict(
         short="{}.{}.{}".format(version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"]),
+        deb="unset",
         long="unset",
     )
 
@@ -27,13 +28,13 @@ def readProps(prefsLoc):
         # if isDirty:
         #     # short for 'dirty', we want to keep our verstrings source for protobuf reasons
         #     suffix = sha + "-d"
-        verObj["long"] = "{}.{}.{}.{}".format(
-            version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"], suffix
-        )
+        verObj["long"] = "{}.{}".format(verObj["short"], suffix)
+        verObj["deb"] = "{}-ppa{}".format(verObj["short"], sha)
     except:
         # print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
         # traceback.print_exc()
         verObj["long"] = verObj["short"]
+        verObj["deb"] = "{}-ppa".format(verObj["short"])
 
     # print("firmware version " + verStr)
     return verObj
diff --git a/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh b/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
index 23490f1bd..b8c40decb 100755
--- a/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
+++ b/debian/ci_pack_sdeb.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ export PLATFORMIO_PACKAGES_DIR=pio/packages
 platformio pkg install -e native
 
 package=$(dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Source)
-pkg_version=$(dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Version | cut -d- -f1)
 
 rm -rf debian/changelog
-dch --create --distribution $SERIES --package $package --newversion $pkg_version-ppa${REVISION::7}~$SERIES \
-	"GitHub Actions Automatic packaging for $SERIES"
+dch --create --distribution $SERIES --package $package --newversion $PKG_VERSION~$SERIES \
+	"GitHub Actions Automatic packaging for $PKG_VERSION~$SERIES"
 
 # Build the source deb
 debuild -S -k$GPG_KEY_ID