diff --git a/app.config.js b/app.config.js
index 13b73bef14..d66b9d119c 100644
--- a/app.config.js
+++ b/app.config.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const DARK_SPLASH_CONFIG = {
   resizeMode: 'cover',
 }
 
-module.exports = function (config) {
+module.exports = function () {
   /**
    * App version number. Should be incremented as part of a release cycle.
    */
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
    */
   const PLATFORM = process.env.EAS_BUILD_PLATFORM
 
+  const DIST_BUILD_NUMBER =
+    PLATFORM === 'android'
+      ? process.env.BSKY_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE
+      : process.env.BSKY_IOS_BUILD_NUMBER
+
   return {
     expo: {
       version: VERSION,
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
               organization: 'blueskyweb',
               project: 'react-native',
               release: VERSION,
-              dist: `${PLATFORM}.${VERSION}.${new Date().toISOString()}`,
+              dist: `${PLATFORM}.${VERSION}.${DIST_BUILD_NUMBER}`,
             },
           },
         ],
diff --git a/scripts/setBuildNumberEnv.sh b/scripts/setBuildNumberEnv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..276ffeaa70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setBuildNumberEnv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "$@"
+outputIos=$(eas build:version:get -p ios)
+outputAndroid=$(eas build:version:get -p android)
+currentIosVersion=${outputIos#*buildNumber - }
+currentAndroidVersion=${outputAndroid#*versionCode - }
+
+BSKY_IOS_BUILD_NUMBER=$((currentIosVersion+1))
+BSKY_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE=$((currentAndroidVersion+1))
+
+bash -c "BSKY_IOS_BUILD_NUMBER=$BSKY_IOS_BUILD_NUMBER BSKY_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE=$BSKY_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE eas build -p ios --profile production"