diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index f7588570..fd4cc12f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.23.3"
+__version__ = "1.24.0-dev"
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 2820e2e0..5bc4aff2 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ build-linux() {
     VENV_PYTHON="${VENV_PATH}/bin/python"
 
     rm -rf "${VENV_PATH}"
-    virtualenv "${VENV_PATH}"
+    python -m virtualenv "${VENV_PATH}"
 
     $VENV_PYTHON -m pip install requests requests[socks] yt-dlp pyinstaller
     $VENV_PYTHON ./scripts/pyinstaller.py