diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-project (bovo)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+# KDE Application Version, managed by release script
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR "19")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR "03")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO "70")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
+project(bovo VERSION ${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION})
 
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.7.0")
 set (KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.30.0")
 
@@ -24,6 +31,11 @@
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 
+configure_file(
+   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config-bovo.h.cmake
+   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-bovo.h
+)
+
 # re-enabling exceptions (turned off in KDE)
 kde_enable_exceptions()
 
diff --git a/config-bovo.h.cmake b/config-bovo.h.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-bovo.h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* Bovo's application version string
+ * It is adopted from script updated KDE Application version in top-level CMakeLists.txt */
+#define BOVO_VERSION_STRING "@bovo_VERSION@"
diff --git a/gui/main.cc b/gui/main.cc
--- a/gui/main.cc
+++ b/gui/main.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <KCrash>
 
 #include "mainwindow.h"
-#include "version.h"
+#include "config-bovo.h"
 
 static const char description[] = I18N_NOOP("KDE Five in a Row Board Game");
 static const char copyleft[] = I18N_NOOP("(c) 2002-2007, Aron Boström");
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("bovo");
 
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("bovo"), i18n("Bovo"),
-            QStringLiteral(BOVO_VERSION), i18n(description), KAboutLicense::GPL,
+            QStringLiteral(BOVO_VERSION_STRING), i18n(description), KAboutLicense::GPL,
             i18n(copyleft), QString(), QStringLiteral("http://games.kde.org/bovo"));
     aboutData.addAuthor(i18n("Aron Boström"),i18n("Author"),
                         QStringLiteral("aron.bostrom@gmail.com"));
diff --git a/gui/version.h b/gui/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/gui/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************
-*
-* Copyright 2007  Aron Boström <c02ab@efd.lth.se>
-*
-* Bovo is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-* any later version.
-*
-* Bovo is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-* GNU General Public License for more details.
-*
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-* along with Bovo; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-* the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-* Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-*
-********************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef BOVO_VERSION
-#define BOVO_VERSION "1.1"
-#endif