diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92f33a11..04706a86 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if (SYSTEMD_FOUND AND "${SYSTEMD_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
 		"${SYSTEMD_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}")
 endif ()
 
-add_definitions( -DPROJECT_VERSION=${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION} )
+add_definitions( -DPROJECT_VERSION="${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}" )
 
 pkg_check_modules(CURL REQUIRED libcurl>=7.47.0)
 include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/src/rauc-hawkbit-updater.c b/src/rauc-hawkbit-updater.c
index abd20f21..1cc10115 100644
--- a/src/rauc-hawkbit-updater.c
+++ b/src/rauc-hawkbit-updater.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         if (opt_version) {
-                g_printf("Version %.1f\n", VERSION);
+                g_printf("Version %s\n", PROJECT_VERSION);
                 return 0;
         }