diff --git a/commitizen/tags.py b/commitizen/tags.py
index b3bcbe7a0..c8ea678c1 100644
--- a/commitizen/tags.py
+++ b/commitizen/tags.py
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ def normalize_tag(
 
         major, minor, patch = (list(version.release) + [0, 0, 0])[:3]
         prerelease = version.prerelease or ""
+        # `dev` is the integer dev-release number (e.g. 1 for "0.1.0.dev1")
+        # or None if this version isn't a dev release. We render it as
+        # `dev<N>` to match how dev releases appear in PEP-440 / SemVer
+        # version strings.
+        dev = getattr(version, "dev", None)
+        devrelease = f"dev{dev}" if dev is not None else ""
 
         t = Template(tag_format)
         return t.safe_substitute(
@@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ def normalize_tag(
             minor=minor,
             patch=patch,
             prerelease=prerelease,
+            devrelease=devrelease,
         )
 
     def find_tag_for(
diff --git a/tests/test_bump_normalize_tag.py b/tests/test_bump_normalize_tag.py
index 558550c5a..e4d5fa393 100644
--- a/tests/test_bump_normalize_tag.py
+++ b/tests/test_bump_normalize_tag.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     (("1.2.3+1.0.0", "v$version"), "v1.2.3+1.0.0"),
     (("1.2.3+1.0.0", "v$version-local"), "v1.2.3+1.0.0-local"),
     (("1.2.3+1.0.0", "ver$major.$minor.$patch"), "ver1.2.3"),
+    # `${devrelease}` substitution (#1615): rendered as `dev<N>` when the
+    # version has a dev release, and as the empty string otherwise.
+    (("1.2.3.dev1", "v$major.$minor.$patch.$devrelease"), "v1.2.3.dev1"),
+    (("1.2.3.dev0", "$major.$minor.$patch$devrelease"), "1.2.3dev0"),
+    (("1.2.3", "$major.$minor.$patch$devrelease"), "1.2.3"),
 ]