diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d988af7..2844394 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 COMMIT_ID=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-VERSION=$(shell cat VERSION)
+VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | sed 's/v//g')
 
 NAME=metrics-viewer
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index b63ba69..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.9