diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a64822..ce56aba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
 
+file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION VER)
+string(STRIP ${VER} VER)
+
 project(xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
     DESCRIPTION "An XDG-Destop-Portal backend for Hyprland (and wlroots)"
-    VERSION "2.0"
+    VERSION ${VER}
 )
 
 set(CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL "STATUS")
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eefcb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.0
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e0bdb6a..0324a4f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland', 'cpp', 'c',
-	version: '2.0.0',
+	version: run_command('cat', files('VERSION'), check: true).stdout().strip(),
 	license: 'BSD-3-Clause',
 	meson_version: '>=0.63.0',
 	default_options: [
diff --git a/nix/overlays.nix b/nix/overlays.nix
index 1eae17d..74f61f9 100644
--- a/nix/overlays.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@
   inputs,
   lib,
 }: let
+  ver = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile ../VERSION);
+
   mkJoinedOverlays = overlays: final: prev:
     lib.foldl' (attrs: overlay: attrs // (overlay final prev)) {} overlays;
+
   mkDate = longDate: (lib.concatStringsSep "-" [
     (builtins.substring 0 4 longDate)
     (builtins.substring 4 2 longDate)
     (builtins.substring 6 2 longDate)
   ]);
-  version = "0.pre" + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
+
+  version = ver + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
 in {
   default = mkJoinedOverlays (with self.overlays; [
     xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland