diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d1cda9..211f751 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
 
-set(VERSION 0.4.0)
+file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}VERSION" VER_RAW)
+string(STRIP ${VER_RAW} VERSION)
 
 project(hyprwayland-scanner
     DESCRIPTION "A hyprland version of wayland-scanner in and for C++"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d0ba9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.4.0
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 57aee4b..6d4473b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@
       (builtins.substring 4 2 longDate)
       (builtins.substring 6 2 longDate)
     ]);
+
+    version = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile ./VERSION);
   in {
     overlays = {
       default = self.overlays.hyprwayland-scanner;
       hyprwayland-scanner = final: prev: {
         hyprwayland-scanner = final.callPackage ./nix/default.nix {
           stdenv = final.gcc13Stdenv;
-          version = "0.1.0" + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
+          version = version + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
         };
       };
     };