diff --git a/libraries/classes/Command/SetVersionCommand.php b/libraries/classes/Command/SetVersionCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..780bd1b498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/classes/Command/SetVersionCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Command;
+
+use RangeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use function file_put_contents;
+use function preg_match;
+use function sprintf;
+
+final class SetVersionCommand extends Command
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    protected static $defaultName = 'set-version';
+
+    /** @var string */
+    private static $generatedClassTemplate = <<<'PHP'
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin;
+
+/**
+ * This class is generated by scripts/console.
+ *
+ * @see \PhpMyAdmin\Command\SetVersionCommand
+ */
+final class Version
+{
+    // The VERSION_SUFFIX constant is defined at libraries/vendor_config.php
+    public const VERSION = '%1$u.%2$u.%3$u%4$s' . VERSION_SUFFIX;
+    public const SERIES = '%1$u.%2$u';
+    public const MAJOR = %1$u;
+    public const MINOR = %2$u;
+    public const PATCH = %3$u;
+    public const ID = %1$u%2$02u%3$02u;
+    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = '%5$s';
+    public const IS_DEV = %6$s;
+}
+
+PHP;
+
+    protected function configure(): void
+    {
+        $this->setDescription('Sets the version number');
+        $this->setHelp('This command generates the PhpMyAdmin\Version class based on the version number provided.');
+        $this->addArgument('version', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The version number');
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        /** @var string $version */
+        $version = $input->getArgument('version');
+
+        $generatedClass = $this->getGeneratedClass($version);
+
+        if (! $this->writeGeneratedClassFile($generatedClass)) {
+            // failure
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        $output->writeln('PhpMyAdmin\Version class successfully generated!');
+
+        // success
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private function getGeneratedClass(string $version): string
+    {
+        // Do not allow any major below 5
+        $return = preg_match('/^([5-9]+)\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})(-([a-z0-9]+))?$/', $version, $matches);
+        if ($return === false || $return === 0) {
+            throw new RangeException('The version number is in the wrong format: ' . $version);
+        }
+
+        return sprintf(
+            self::$generatedClassTemplate,
+            $matches[1],
+            $matches[2],
+            $matches[3],
+            $matches[4] ?? '',
+            $matches[5] ?? '',
+            ($matches[5] ?? '') === 'dev' ? 'true' : 'false'
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function writeGeneratedClassFile(string $generatedClass): bool
+    {
+        $result = file_put_contents(
+            ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/classes/Version.php',
+            $generatedClass
+        );
+
+        return $result !== false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Config.php b/libraries/classes/Config.php
index 263474241e..e442a8cf0e 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Config.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Config.php
@@ -136,12 +136,9 @@ class Config
      */
     public function checkSystem(): void
     {
-        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '5.1.0-rc2');
-        /* Major version */
-        $this->set(
-            'PMA_MAJOR_VERSION',
-            implode('.', array_slice(explode('.', $this->get('PMA_VERSION'), 3), 0, 2))
-        );
+        // All the version handling is now done in the Version class
+        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', Version::VERSION);
+        $this->set('PMA_MAJOR_VERSION', Version::SERIES);
 
         $this->checkWebServerOs();
         $this->checkWebServer();
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Version.php b/libraries/classes/Version.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76c2b3c007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/classes/Version.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin;
+
+/**
+ * This class is generated by scripts/console.
+ *
+ * @see \PhpMyAdmin\Command\SetVersionCommand
+ */
+final class Version
+{
+    // The VERSION_SUFFIX constant is defined at libraries/vendor_config.php
+    public const VERSION = '5.1.0-dev' . VERSION_SUFFIX;
+    public const SERIES = '5.1';
+    public const MAJOR = 5;
+    public const MINOR = 1;
+    public const PATCH = 0;
+    public const ID = 50100;
+    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = 'dev';
+    public const IS_DEV = true;
+}
diff --git a/libraries/vendor_config.php b/libraries/vendor_config.php
index d19498f80c..d3d77be71b 100644
--- a/libraries/vendor_config.php
+++ b/libraries/vendor_config.php
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ define('LOCALE_PATH', ROOT_PATH . 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
  * Define the cache directory for routing cache an other cache files
  */
 define('CACHE_DIR', ROOT_PATH . 'libraries' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cache' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+
+/**
+ * Suffix to add to the phpMyAdmin version
+ */
+define('VERSION_SUFFIX', '');
diff --git a/phpstan.neon.dist b/phpstan.neon.dist
index 995ca0b14f..0289c3631c 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon.dist
+++ b/phpstan.neon.dist
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ parameters:
         - tmp/*
         - twig-templates/*
         - vendor/*
+    dynamicConstantNames:
+        - VERSION_SUFFIX
diff --git a/scripts/console b/scripts/console
index 65c8082ec7..36e24d8415 100755
--- a/scripts/console
+++ b/scripts/console
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Command\CacheWarmupCommand;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Command\SetVersionCommand;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Config;
 use PhpMyAdmin\DatabaseInterface;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Stubs\DbiDummy;
@@ -65,5 +66,6 @@ $application = new Application('phpMyAdmin Console Tool');
 
 $application->add(new CacheWarmupCommand());
 $application->add(new LintCommand($twig));
+$application->add(new SetVersionCommand());
 
 $application->run();
diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 61c7ad1db8..58cc1c5858 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -238,24 +238,24 @@ delete_phpunit_sandbox() {
 # Ensure we have tracking branch
 ensure_local_branch $branch
 
-# Check if we're releasing older
-if git cat-file -e $branch:libraries/classes/Config.php 2> /dev/null ; then
-    CONFIG_LIB=libraries/classes/Config.php
-elif git cat-file -e $branch:libraries/Config.php 2> /dev/null ; then
-    CONFIG_LIB=libraries/Config.php
-else
-    CONFIG_LIB=libraries/Config.class.php
-fi
+VERSION_FILE=libraries/classes/Version.php
+
+fetchReleaseFromFile() {
+    php -r "define('VERSION_SUFFIX', ''); require_once('libraries/classes/Version.php'); echo \PhpMyAdmin\Version::VERSION;"
+}
+
+echo "The actual configured release is: $(fetchReleaseFromFile)"
 
 if [ $do_ci -eq 0 -a -$do_daily -eq 0 ] ; then
     cat <<END
 
 Please ensure you have incremented rc count or version in the repository :
-     - in $CONFIG_LIB Config::__constructor() the line
-          " \$this->set('PMA_VERSION', '$version'); "
+     - run ./scripts/console set-version $version
+     - in $VERSION_FILE Version class:
+        - check that VERSION, MAJOR, MINOR and PATCH are correct.
      - in doc/conf.py the line
           " version = '$version' "
-     - in README
+     - in README the "Version" line
      - in package.json the line
           " "version": "$version", "
      - set release date in ChangeLog
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ END
     fi
 fi
 
+echo "The actual configured release is now: $(fetchReleaseFromFile)"
+
 # Create working copy
 mkdir -p release
 git worktree prune
@@ -290,8 +292,8 @@ fi
 
 # Check release version
 if [ $do_ci -eq 0 -a -$do_daily -eq 0 ] ; then
-    if ! grep -q "'PMA_VERSION', '$version'" $CONFIG_LIB ; then
-        echo "There seems to be wrong version in $CONFIG_LIB!"
+    if ! grep -q "VERSION = '$version'" $VERSION_FILE ; then
+        echo "There seems to be wrong version in $VERSION_FILE!"
         exit 2
     fi
     if ! grep -q "version = '$version'" doc/conf.py ; then
@@ -601,11 +603,13 @@ Todo now:
     based on documentation.
 
  7. increment rc count or version in the repository :
-        - in $CONFIG_LIB Config::__constructor() the line
-              " \$this->set( 'PMA_VERSION', '2.7.1-dev' ); "
-        - in Documentation.html (if it exists) the 2 lines
-              " <title>phpMyAdmin 2.2.2-rc1 - Documentation</title> "
-              " <h1>phpMyAdmin 2.2.2-rc1 Documentation</h1> "
+        - run ./scripts/console set-version $version
+        - in $VERSION_FILE Version class:
+            - check that VERSION, MAJOR, MINOR and PATCH are correct.
+        - in README the "Version" line
+              " Version 2.7.1-dev "
+        - in package.json the line
+            " "version": " 2.7.1-dev", "
         - in doc/conf.py (if it exists) the line
               " version = '2.7.1-dev' "
 
@@ -615,6 +619,6 @@ Todo now:
 
 10. in case of a new major release ('y' in x.y.0), update the pmaweb/settings.py in website repository to include the new major releases
 
-11. update the Dockerfile in the docker repository to reflect the new version and create a new annotated tag (such as with git tag -s -a 4.7.9-1 -m "Version 4.7.9-1"). Remember to push the tag with git push origin --tags
+11. update the Dockerfile in the docker repository to reflect the new version and create a new annotated tag (such as with git tag -s -a 4.7.9-1 -m "Version 4.7.9-1"). Remember to push the tag with git push origin {tagName}
 
 END
diff --git a/test/classes/Command/SetVersionCommandTest.php b/test/classes/Command/SetVersionCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d536c7483a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/classes/Command/SetVersionCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Command;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Command\SetVersionCommand;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\AbstractTestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use RangeException;
+use function sprintf;
+use function class_exists;
+
+class SetVersionCommandTest extends AbstractTestCase
+{
+    /** @var SetVersionCommand */
+    private $command;
+
+    public function setUp(): void
+    {
+        if (! class_exists(Command::class)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->command = new SetVersionCommand();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array[]
+     */
+    public function dataProviderBadVersions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [''],
+            ['4.9.0.1'],
+            ['4.9'],
+            ['4-9-0-1'],
+            ['4-9-0'],
+            ['0-0-0'],
+            ['0.0.0'],
+            ['1.0.0'],
+            ['2.0.0'],
+            ['3.0.0'],
+            ['4.0.0'],
+            ['0.0.-1'],
+            ['5.000.0'],
+            ['5.0.000'],
+            ['5.0.0-'],
+            ['5.0.0-foo bar'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataProviderBadVersions
+     */
+    public function testGetGeneratedClassInvalidVersion(string $version): void
+    {
+        if (! class_exists(Command::class)) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The Symfony Console is missing');
+        }
+
+        $this->expectException(RangeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The version number is in the wrong format: ' . $version);
+        $this->callFunction(
+            $this->command,
+            SetVersionCommand::class,
+            'getGeneratedClass',
+            [$version]
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array[]
+     */
+    public function dataProviderGoodVersions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                '5.0.0-rc1',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.0.0-rc1\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.0\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50000;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'rc1\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = false;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '5.0.0-beta',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.0.0-beta\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.0\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50000;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'beta\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = false;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '5.0.0-beta1',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.0.0-beta1\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.0\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50000;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'beta1\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = false;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '5.0.0-alpha',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.0.0-alpha\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.0\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50000;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'alpha\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = false;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '5.0.0-alpha1',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.0.0-alpha1\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.0\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50000;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'alpha1\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = false;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '5.0.0-alpha1',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.0.0-alpha1\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.0\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50000;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'alpha1\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = false;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '5.1.0-dev',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'5.1.0-dev\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'5.1\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 5;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 1;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 0;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 50100;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'dev\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = true;',
+            ],
+            [
+                '9.99.99-dev',
+                '    public const VERSION = \'9.99.99-dev\' . VERSION_SUFFIX;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const SERIES = \'9.99\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MAJOR = 9;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const MINOR = 99;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PATCH = 99;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const ID = 99999;' . "\n"
+                . '    public const PRE_RELEASE_NAME = \'dev\';' . "\n"
+                . '    public const IS_DEV = true;',
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataProviderGoodVersions
+     */
+    public function testGetGeneratedClassValidVersion(string $version, string $content): void
+    {
+        if (! class_exists(Command::class)) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The Symfony Console is missing');
+        }
+
+        $output = $this->callFunction(
+            $this->command,
+            SetVersionCommand::class,
+            'getGeneratedClass',
+            [$version]
+        );
+        $template = <<<'PHP'
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin;
+
+/**
+ * This class is generated by scripts/console.
+ *
+ * @see \PhpMyAdmin\Command\SetVersionCommand
+ */
+final class Version
+{
+    // The VERSION_SUFFIX constant is defined at libraries/vendor_config.php
+%s
+}
+
+PHP;
+        $this->assertSame(
+            sprintf($template, $content),
+            $output
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/classes/VersionTest.php b/test/classes/VersionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..607c26541b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/classes/VersionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Version;
+use function defined;
+
+class VersionTest extends AbstractTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Validate the current version
+     */
+    public function testValidateVersion(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertIsString(Version::VERSION);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty(Version::VERSION);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(Version::SERIES, Version::VERSION, 'x.y must be found in x.y.z');
+        $this->assertIsInt(Version::MAJOR);
+        $this->assertIsInt(Version::MINOR);
+        $this->assertIsInt(Version::PATCH);
+        $this->assertTrue(Version::MAJOR >= 5);// @phpstan-ignore-line Just checking
+        $this->assertTrue(Version::MINOR >= 0);// @phpstan-ignore-line Just checking
+        $this->assertTrue(Version::PATCH >= 0);// @phpstan-ignore-line Just checking
+        $this->assertTrue(Version::ID >= 50000);// @phpstan-ignore-line Just checking
+        if (defined('VERSION_SUFFIX')) {
+            $this->assertIsString(VERSION_SUFFIX);
+        }
+        $this->assertIsInt(Version::ID);
+        $this->assertIsString(Version::PRE_RELEASE_NAME);
+        $this->assertIsBool(Version::IS_DEV);
+    }
+}