diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index 1cd45ec44..7cd6d81c2 100755
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ git clean -f -d -x
 #       will surely otherwise go out of date.
 sed -i -e "s/\(project(notcurses VERSION \)$OLDVERSION/\1$VERSION/" CMakeLists.txt
 sed -i -e "s/\(PROJECT_NUMBER *= \)$OLDVERSION/\1$VERSION/" doc/Doxyfile
-for i in doc/man/man*/*.md cffi/notcurses-*.md ; do
+for i in doc/man/man*/*.md cffi/notcurses-*.md cffi/ncdirect-*.md; do
   sed -i -e "s/% v$OLDVERSION/% v$VERSION/" "$i"
 done
 sed -i -e "s/v$OLDVERSION/v$VERSION/g" doc/man/index.html