diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 225098a..7f10067 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+
+file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" VER_RAW)
+string(STRIP ${VER_RAW} VERSION)
+
 project(hyprpaper
     DESCRIPTION "A blazing fast wayland wallpaper utility"
-    VERSION 0.7.0
+    VERSION ${VERSION}
 )
 
 set(CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL "STATUS")
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faef31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.7.0
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 22cf749..3c7351b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
       (builtins.substring 4 2 longDate)
       (builtins.substring 6 2 longDate)
     ]);
+    version = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile ./VERSION);
   in {
     overlays = {
       default = self.overlays.hyprpaper;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
         (final: prev: rec {
           hyprpaper = final.callPackage ./nix/default.nix {
             stdenv = final.gcc13Stdenv;
-            version = "0.7.0" + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
+            version = version + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
             commit = self.rev or "";
           };
           hyprpaper-debug = hyprpaper.override {debug = true;};