diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 257af72e8d..ba7b1ed3c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/components/cli
 ENGINE_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/components/engine
 PACKAGING_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/components/packaging
+VERSION=$(shell cat VERSION)
 
 help: ## show make targets
 	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## / {sub("\\\\n",sprintf("\n%22c"," "), $$2);printf " \033[36m%-20s\033[0m  %s\n", $$1, $$2}' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ $(CLI_DIR)/build/docker:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(CLI_DIR) -f docker.Makefile build
 
 deb: ## build deb packages
-	$(MAKE) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) -C $(PACKAGING_DIR) deb
+	$(MAKE) VERSION=$(VERSION) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) -C $(PACKAGING_DIR) deb
 
 rpm: ## build rpm packages
-	$(MAKE) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) -C $(PACKAGING_DIR) rpm
+	$(MAKE) VERSION=$(VERSION) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) -C $(PACKAGING_DIR) rpm
 
 static: ## build static packages
-	$(MAKE) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) -C $(PACKAGING_DIR) static
+	$(MAKE) VERSION=$(VERSION) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) -C $(PACKAGING_DIR) static