diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5133577..323ac9d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ list(GET VERSION_LIST 2 RPM_VERSION_MICRO)
 add_compile_definitions(
     PACKAGE="distromatic"
     PACKAGE_NAME="Distromatic"
-    PACKAGE_VERSION="1.5.0"
+    PACKAGE_VERSION="${VERSION}"
     DEFAULT_CONFIGFILE="/etc/distromatic.conf"
     off64_t=__off64_t
     RPM_VERSION_MAJOR=${RPM_VERSION_MAJOR}