Override a version of a catalog by version alias

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Hey ther im trying to override a version declared as

[version]
a-b-foo-dev = "1.2.3"

ive read that the dashes doesnt matter, even thought i can replace them with dots.
but upon overrwriting the version in the settings.gradle.kts its not clear how its working.

create("libs"){
       from("de.me.catalog:android:0.1.0")
       version("a.b.foo.dev","1.2.8-dev.26")
}

other alias like a-b-foo-dev not working also.
So whats the ideal way to clean this mess up?

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I used the version-catalog plugin to create and publish a catalog containing:

catalog {
    versionCatalog {
        version("a-b-c", "1.0")
    }
}

I then imported it into another project:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
    }
    versionCatalogs {
        create("libs") {
            from("io.github.oesolutions:catalog:0.0.1")
            version("a-b-c", "override")
        }
    }
}

Then in the build I print out the value in the build script:

println(libs.versions.a.b.c.get())

Which results in override being displayed. I tested using Gradle 7.5.1.