diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d7db16..319c23c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Makefile for autodist
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2021 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2025 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 #
 PACKAGE = autodist
 
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 dist_archive = $(distdir).tar.bz2
 
 default:
-	@sed -i "s|^VERSION=.*|VERSION=$(VERSION)|" autodist autoport
 
 install-dirs:
 	@$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(configdir)/scripts
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ install-programs:
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) telegram/openmamba_bot.py $(DESTDIR)$(pck_datadir)/openmamba_bot.py
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) telegram/requirements.txt $(DESTDIR)$(pck_datadir)/requirements.txt
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) repology-openmamba.py $(DESTDIR)$(pck_datadir)/repology-openmamba.py
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) VERSION $(DESTDIR)$(pck_datadir)/VERSION
 	@cp -a webbuild/html/* $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
 
 install-data:
diff --git a/autoport b/autoport
index a64c183..9b3fdc2 100755
--- a/autoport
+++ b/autoport
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # autoport -- batch cross-build tool based on autodist
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2024 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2025 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 #
 # Released under the terms of the GNU GPL release 3 license
 #
-VERSION=1.6.2
+. /usr/share/autodist/VERSION
 
 BASE_REPOSITORY=base
 PORT_REPOSITORY=base
 
 . /etc/autodist/config
 
-me=(${0##*/} $VERSION "Sat Mar 20 2011")
+me=(${0##*/} $VERSION)
 
 function usage() {
    echo "\
 ${me[0]} ${me[1]}
-"$"Copyright (C) 2011-2023 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>""
+"$"Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>""
 "$"Released under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 license"
    echo "
 "$"Batch port and cross-build tool based on autodist.""