diff --git a/cli/denreg.ts b/cli/denreg.ts
index dc5d124..d1653b6 100644
--- a/cli/denreg.ts
+++ b/cli/denreg.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ import publishCMD from "./commands/publish.ts";
 import deprecateCMD from "./commands/deprecate.ts";
 import upgradeCMD from "./commands/upgrade.ts";
 
+let version = "unknown";
+
+try {
+   const v = await import("./version.ts");
+   version = v.version;
+} catch (err) {}
+
 const HOME_FOLDER = Deno.env.get("HOME") || Deno.env.get("USERPROFILE") || "";
 
 type CommandHandler = (...opts: any[]) => void | Promise<void>;
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ const commandWrapper = (cmd: CommandHandler) => {
 };
 const flags = await new Cliffy.Command()
    .name("denreg")
-   .version("1.1.9")
+   .version(version)
    .description("CLI for the Open Source DenReg package registry")
    .option("-i, --interactive [interactive:boolean]", "Interactive mode", {
       default: true,
diff --git a/cli/meta.json b/cli/meta.json
index 59932ce..85eb2a7 100644
--- a/cli/meta.json
+++ b/cli/meta.json
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
    "name": "@denreg-cli",
-   "version": "0.2.1",
+   "version": "0.2.3",
    "description": "CLI for the DenReg package registry",
    "author": "Fabian Stamm <dev@fabianstamm.de>",
    "contributors": [],
-   "files": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.js", "README.md"]
+   "files": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.js", "README.md"],
+   "hooks": {
+      "prepublish": "pre.ts"
+   }
 }
diff --git a/cli/pre.ts b/cli/pre.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a872ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/pre.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { FS } from "./deps.ts";
+
+const meta = (await FS.readJson("./meta.json")) as any;
+
+await Deno.writeTextFile(
+   "version.ts",
+   `export const version = "${meta.version}"`
+);
diff --git a/cli/version.ts b/cli/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f1d92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const version = "0.2.3"
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