diff --git a/packages/adminapi/pyproject.toml b/packages/adminapi/pyproject.toml
index 4d53f2f2..e823c31a 100644
--- a/packages/adminapi/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/adminapi/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "adminapi/__init__.py"
+# This allows us to build dev versions on branches where the higher version
+# check might fail.
+validate-bump = false
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["adminapi"]
diff --git a/packages/serveradmin/pyproject.toml b/packages/serveradmin/pyproject.toml
index 23920ffa..c7262080 100644
--- a/packages/serveradmin/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/serveradmin/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "serveradmin/__init__.py"
+# This allows us to build dev versions on branches where the higher version
+# check might fail.
+validate-bump = false
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
 exclude = ["serveradmin/local_settings.py"]