diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 add_definitions(-DMAKE_CANTORLIBS_LIB)
 
+# KDE Application Version, managed by release script
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR "16")
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR "03")
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO "80")
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
+
 find_package(ECM 5.15.0 REQUIRED CONFIG)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${cantor_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
 
diff --git a/src/cantor_part.cpp b/src/cantor_part.cpp
--- a/src/cantor_part.cpp
+++ b/src/cantor_part.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
 
     static KAboutData about(QLatin1String("cantorpart"),
                      QLatin1String("Cantor"),
-                     QLatin1String("0.5"),
+                     QLatin1String(CANTOR_VERSION),
                      i18n("CantorPart"),
                      KAboutLicense::GPL,
                      i18n("(C) 2009-2015 Alexander Rieder"),
diff --git a/src/config-cantor.h.cmake b/src/config-cantor.h.cmake
--- a/src/config-cantor.h.cmake
+++ b/src/config-cantor.h.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #include "lib/config-cantorlib.h"
 
+#define CANTOR_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION}"
+
 #cmakedefine LIBSPECTRE_FOUND 1
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "cantor.h"
+#include "config-cantor.h"
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KCrash>
@@ -30,9 +31,6 @@
 static const char description[] =
     I18N_NOOP("KDE Frontend to mathematical applications");
 
-static const char version[] = "0.6";
-
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@
 
     KAboutData about(QLatin1String("cantor"),
                      QLatin1String("Cantor"),
-                     QLatin1String(version),
+                     QLatin1String(CANTOR_VERSION),
                      i18n(description),
                      KAboutLicense::GPL,
                      i18n("(C) 2016 Filipe Saraiva<br/>(C) 2009-2015 Alexander Rieder"),