diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa5b6a6..1016130 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ console.log(dump(buffer));
 
 ## Packages
 
-- [encoding](https://jsr.io/@stdext/encoding): Packages
+- [encoding](https://jsr.io/@stdext/encoding): The encoding package contains
+  helpers for text encoding.
 
 ## Versioning
 
diff --git a/_tools/bump_version.ts b/_tools/bump_version.ts
index 449e5ee..adab23b 100644
--- a/_tools/bump_version.ts
+++ b/_tools/bump_version.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ async function updateMetaVersion(filepath: string, version: string) {
   metaConfig.version = version;
   await Deno.writeTextFile(
     filepath,
-    JSON.stringify(metaConfig, null, 2),
+    JSON.stringify(metaConfig, null, 2) + "\n",
   );
 }
 
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ if (!version) {
   throw new Error("VERSION environment variable is required");
 }
 
-await updateMetaVersion(resolve("deno.json"), version);
-
 for (const workspace of workspaces) {
   const workspacePath = resolve(workspace);
   const workspaceConfigPath = join(workspacePath, "deno.json");
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index e84707b..28cc551 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "@std/path": "jsr:@std/path@^0.224.0"
   },
   "tasks": {
-    "bump_version": "deno run ./_tools/bump_version.ts",
+    "bump_version": "deno run --allow-env=VERSION --allow-read=. --allow-write=. ./_tools/bump_version.ts",
     "check": "deno fmt --check && deno lint && deno check **/*.ts",
     "test": "RUST_BACKTRACE=1 deno test --unstable-http --unstable-webgpu --allow-all --parallel --coverage --trace-leaks",
     "cov:gen": "deno coverage coverage --lcov --output=cov.lcov"
diff --git a/encoding/deno.json b/encoding/deno.json
index de8f79d..75d7cbd 100644
--- a/encoding/deno.json
+++ b/encoding/deno.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.0.0-1",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "name": "@stdext/encoding",
   "lock": false,
   "exports": {