diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 58cc1c5858..83f96d3191 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ ensure_local_branch $branch
 
 VERSION_FILE=libraries/classes/Version.php
 
+# Keep in sync with update-po script
 fetchReleaseFromFile() {
     php -r "define('VERSION_SUFFIX', ''); require_once('libraries/classes/Version.php'); echo \PhpMyAdmin\Version::VERSION;"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/set-version.sh b/scripts/set-version.sh
index 8d79a3414a..7ae906bf5c 100755
--- a/scripts/set-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/set-version.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ echo "Changing from ${oldVersion} to ${newVersion}..."
 oldVersion=${oldVersion//./\.}
 newVersion=${newVersion//./\.}
 
-for f in README doc/conf.py libraries/classes/Config.php package.json
+for f in README doc/conf.py package.json
 do
     if ! grep --quiet "${oldVersion}" "${dir}${f}"
     then
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@ done
 
 echo
 echo "Next, you need to manually edit ChangeLog to manually change the version number and set the release date, and verify the changes with 'git diff'."
-echo "Suggested commit message: Prepare for version ${newVersion}"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "You will probably want to call: \"./scripts/console set-version ${newVersion}\" afterwards"
+echo "Suggested commit message: Prepare for version ${newVersion}"
diff --git a/scripts/update-po b/scripts/update-po
index 4075f96d90..afa88aa45d 100755
--- a/scripts/update-po
+++ b/scripts/update-po
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ php scripts/fix-po-twig
 # Remote twig templates
 rm -rf twig-templates/
 
-ver=`sed -n "/PMA_VERSION', '/ s/.*PMA_VERSION', '\(.*\)'.*/\1/p" libraries/classes/Config.php`
+# Keep in sync with create-release.sh
+fetchReleaseFromFile() {
+    php -r "define('VERSION_SUFFIX', ''); require_once('libraries/classes/Version.php'); echo \PhpMyAdmin\Version::VERSION;"
+}
+
+ver="$(fetchReleaseFromFile)"
 
 sed -i.~ '
     s/SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE/phpMyAdmin translation/;