diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 851b88fd4..8822b4438 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 [Full changelog](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/compare/v1.1.0...main)
 
+* [#1449](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/pull/1449): BUGFIX: Add missing quotes to `prepare-release` script to fix issues with version numbers in Qt sample README & circle ci config.
+* [#1449](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/pull/1449): Update Qt sample project docs to include note about problems with different version numbers of Qt commands.
+
 # v1.1.0 (2022-07-18)
 
 [Full changelog](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0)
diff --git a/bin/prepare-release.sh b/bin/prepare-release.sh
index eb033810c..391521ec7 100755
--- a/bin/prepare-release.sh
+++ b/bin/prepare-release.sh
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ run rm "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}.bak"
 
 FILE=samples/qt/README.md
 run $SED -i.bak -E \
-    -e "s/--option platform=qt --option version=[0-9a-z.-]+/--option platform=qt --option version=\"${GLEAN_VERSION_FOR_QML}\"/" \
+    -e "s/--option platform=qt --option version=\"[0-9a-z.-]+\"/--option platform=qt --option version=\"${GLEAN_VERSION_FOR_QML}\"/" \
     "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}"
 run rm "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}.bak"
 
 FILE=.circleci/config.yml
 run $SED -i.bak -E \
-    -e "s/--option platform=qt --option version=[0-9a-z.-]+/--option platform=qt --option version=\"${GLEAN_VERSION_FOR_QML}\"/" \
+    -e "s/--option platform=qt --option version=\"[0-9a-z.-]+\"/--option platform=qt --option version=\"${GLEAN_VERSION_FOR_QML}\"/" \
     "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}"
 run rm "${WORKSPACE_ROOT}/${FILE}.bak"
 
diff --git a/samples/qt/README.md b/samples/qt/README.md
index bb13a8a9e..4cf7be6b3 100644
--- a/samples/qt/README.md
+++ b/samples/qt/README.md
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ pip3 install -r requirements.txt # Install glean_parser
 
 4. Generate metrics and pings files:
 
+> **Note**: The version number below should match the last [released version](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/releases) number (minus the trailing `.0`). If the version numbers are different you will run into issues with QML code compilation. To resolve these errors you have to adjust the versions manually in the QML files
+
 ```bash
 glean_parser translate src/App/metrics.yaml src/App/pings.yaml -f javascript -o src/App/generated \
---option platform=qt --option version="0.31"
+--option platform=qt --option version="1.1"
 ```
 
 5. Build the app: