diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt
index dc8655841ec7dc34a06a3332d85b8e5a4bb97ddf..8614c0d3e8c10cfe94ccfa1fddaca525cda6eebd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
-project({{cookiecutter.project_slug}} VERSION 0.1)
-
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 include(GitVersion)
 
+get_version_info({{cookiecutter.project_slug}} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(project_slug {{cookiecutter.project_slug}})
+set(${project_slug}_VERSION "${${project_slug}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${project_slug}_VERSION_MINOR}.${${project_slug}_VERSION_PATCH}")
+
+project({{cookiecutter.project_slug}} VERSION ${${project_slug}_VERSION})
+
+message("VERSION: ${${project_slug}_VERSION}")
+
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)