diff --git a/src/pycalver/cli.py b/src/pycalver/cli.py
index e09b905..1bec882 100755
--- a/src/pycalver/cli.py
+++ b/src/pycalver/cli.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def _bump(cfg: config.Config, new_version: str, allow_dirty: bool = False) -> No
 
     try:
         new_vinfo = version.parse_version_info(new_version, cfg.version_pattern)
-        rewrite.rewrite(new_vinfo, cfg.file_patterns)
+        rewrite.rewrite(cfg.file_patterns, new_vinfo)
     except Exception as ex:
         log.error(str(ex))
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/src/pycalver/rewrite.py b/src/pycalver/rewrite.py
index f7f28dd..fc60b82 100644
--- a/src/pycalver/rewrite.py
+++ b/src/pycalver/rewrite.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def diff(new_vinfo: version.VersionInfo, file_patterns: config.PatternsByGlob) -
     return full_diff
 
 
-def rewrite(new_vinfo: version.VersionInfo, file_patterns: config.PatternsByGlob) -> None:
+def rewrite(file_patterns: config.PatternsByGlob, new_vinfo: version.VersionInfo) -> None:
     """Rewrite project files, updating each with the new version."""
     fh: typ.IO[str]