diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6ed7776bf3219..b617d997d7701 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.9.0
+4.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/archives/build.gradle b/distribution/archives/build.gradle
index eaecdb2a49dac..a4c95e64b7b2c 100644
--- a/distribution/archives/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/archives/build.gradle
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.opensearch.gradle.JavaPackageType
 apply plugin: 'opensearch.internal-distribution-archive-setup'
 
 CopySpec archiveFiles(CopySpec modulesFiles, String distributionType, String platform, String architecture, JavaPackageType java) {
+  version = rootProject.file('VERSION').getText()
   return copySpec {
     into("wazuh-indexer-${version}") {
       into('lib') {
diff --git a/distribution/packages/build.gradle b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
index bdd77e89627ce..7c0bb4037f2a3 100644
--- a/distribution/packages/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ addProcessFilesTask('rpm', false)
 // since we have different templated files that need to be consumed, but the structure
 // is the same
 Closure commonPackageConfig(String type, boolean jdk, String architecture) {
+  project.version = rootProject.file('VERSION').getText()
   return {
     onlyIf {
       OS.current().equals(OS.WINDOWS) == false
@@ -194,12 +195,6 @@ Closure commonPackageConfig(String type, boolean jdk, String architecture) {
       }
     }
 
-    // // Version file
-    // into('/usr/share/wazuh-indexer') {
-    //   from(rootProject.file('VERSION'))
-    //   fileMode 0644
-    // }
-
     // license files
     if (type == 'deb') {
       into("/usr/share/doc/${packageName}") {