diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index b34c1939c0828391d605f6759bf346cec07ad6e3..3b50561c7304c3f6e1385e7e4d90ba841e389ebd 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ if [[ $2 =~ ^[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+((a|b)[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
       # Change the version in package.json and test file
       sed -i "s/version\": \"$current/version\": \"$2/g" package.json
       sed -i "s/version').equal('.*/version').equal('$2');/g" test/integration/branches.js
+      sed -i "s/ release: .*/ release: $2/g" appveyor.yml
       if [[ "$1" =~ ^rel$ ]]; then
         # This is RELEASE: change the version in public installer + add the RELEASE flag
         sed -i "s/echo \"v.*\"/echo \"v$2\"/g" install.sh
-        sed -i "s/.*prerelease: true/#  prerelease: true/g" .travis.yml
+        sed -i "s/.*prerelease: true/#  prerelease: true/g" .travis.yml appveyor.yml
       fi
       if [[ "$1" =~ ^pre$ ]]; then
         # This is RELEASE: just change the RELEASE flag to PRERELEASE
-        sed -i "s/#  prerelease: true/  prerelease: true/g" .travis.yml
+        sed -i "s/#  prerelease: true/  prerelease: true/g" .travis.yml appveyor.yml
       fi
       ;;
     *)