diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/publish-release.mjs b/.gitea/scripts/publish-release.mjs
index 2b41c73..fb97add 100644
--- a/.gitea/scripts/publish-release.mjs
+++ b/.gitea/scripts/publish-release.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 
 const { TOKEN, SERVER, REPO, SHA } = process.env;
 const BIN = 'remoterig';
+// Rolling release tag. NOT "dev" — that would collide with the dev branch
+// and make refs ambiguous (git push/checkout dev breaks).
+const TAG = 'dev-latest';
 const VERSION = SHA.slice(0, 8);
 const API = `${SERVER}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}`;
 const H = { Authorization: `token ${TOKEN}` };
@@ -27,21 +30,21 @@ const files = {
   'version.txt': Buffer.from(VERSION + '\n'),
 };
 
-// Roll the "dev" release forward to this commit: delete the old release + tag.
-const existing = await fetch(`${API}/releases/tags/dev`, { headers: H });
+// Roll the release forward to this commit: delete the old release + tag.
+const existing = await fetch(`${API}/releases/tags/${TAG}`, { headers: H });
 if (existing.ok) {
   const rel = await existing.json();
   await fetch(`${API}/releases/${rel.id}`, { method: 'DELETE', headers: H });
 }
-await fetch(`${API}/tags/dev`, { method: 'DELETE', headers: H }); // ignore if absent
+await fetch(`${API}/tags/${TAG}`, { method: 'DELETE', headers: H }); // ignore if absent
 
 const rel = await ok(await fetch(`${API}/releases`, {
   method: 'POST',
   headers: { ...H, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
   body: JSON.stringify({
-    tag_name: 'dev',
+    tag_name: TAG,
     target_commitish: SHA,
-    name: `dev (${VERSION})`,
+    name: `${TAG} (${VERSION})`,
     body: `Rolling dev build ${SHA}`,
     prerelease: true,
   }),
diff --git a/scripts/pi-update.sh b/scripts/pi-update.sh
index aed24e9..3840fc1 100755
--- a/scripts/pi-update.sh
+++ b/scripts/pi-update.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ REPO="${REPO:-CubeCraft-Creations/remote-rig}"
 DEPLOY_DIR="/opt/remoterig"
 DEPLOY_PATH="${DEPLOY_PATH:-$DEPLOY_DIR/remoterig}"
 SERVICE="${SERVICE:-remoterig}"
-TAG="dev"
+TAG="dev-latest"
 DL="$GITEA_BASE/$REPO/releases/download/$TAG"
 VERSION_FILE="$DEPLOY_DIR/VERSION"