diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 5e4759e..05bafc3 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ use IO::Socket::INET;
 use Socket qw(AF_INET AF_INET6 PF_INET PF_INET6);
 use Sys::Hostname;
 
-use version 0.77; our $VERSION = version->declare('v3.10.0');
-(my $version = $VERSION->stringify()) =~ s/^v//;
+use version 0.77; our $VERSION = version->declare('@PACKAGE_VERSION@');
+my $version = $VERSION->stringify();
 my $programd = $0;
 $programd =~ s%^.*/%%;
 my $program = $programd;