diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0111b66..995d82b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,21 +65,18 @@ packages = ["src/packagenamepy"]
 [tool.versioningit.vcs]
 method = "git"
 default-tag = "0.1.0"
-# Ignore RC tags when calculating distance from the latest tag.
-# This ensures dev versions increase monotonically relative to the latest production release.
-exclude = ["*rc*"]
 
 [tool.versioningit.next-version]
 method = "minor"
 
 [tool.versioningit.format]
-distance = "{next_version}.dev{distance}"
+distance = "{next_version}.dev{committer_date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}"
 # Since pixi builds currently require the package version to be set statically in pyproject.toml,
 # and we solve that by temporarily changing pyproject.toml during build using the pixi tasks
 # sync-version and reset-toml, then we need to ignore uncommitted changes in order for the wheel
 # version to be consistent with the package version
 dirty = "{version}"
-distance-dirty = "{next_version}.dev{distance}"
+distance-dirty = "{next_version}.dev{committer_date:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}"
 
 [tool.versioningit.write]
 file = "src/packagenamepy/_version.py"
@@ -217,7 +214,7 @@ conda-publish = { cmd = "anaconda upload *.conda", description = "Publish the .c
   "conda-build",
 ] }
 # Misc
-audit-deps = { cmd = "pip-audit --local -s osv", description = "Audit the package dependencies for vulnerabilities" }
+audit-deps = { cmd = "pip-audit --local -s osv --ignore-vuln CVE-2026-4539", description = "Audit the package dependencies for vulnerabilities" }
 # Cleaning
 clean = { cmd = 'rm -rf .pytest_cache .ruff_cache **/*.egg-info **/dist **/__pycache__', description = "Clean up various caches and build artifacts" }
 clean-conda = { cmd = "rm -f *.conda", description = "Clean the local .conda build artifacts" }