diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-project(ksudoku)
-
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MAJOR "20")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MINOR "03")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MICRO "70")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION "${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MINOR}.${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MICRO}")
+set (RELEASE_SERVICE_COMPACT_VERSION "${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MAJOR}${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MINOR}${RELEASE_SERVICE_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
+project(ksudoku VERSION "1.4.${RELEASE_SERVICE_COMPACT_VERSION}")
+
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.11.0")
 set (KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.46.0")
 
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
+include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 	generator/mathdokugenerator.cpp
 )
 
+ecm_setup_version(${PROJECT_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KSUDOKU VERSION_HEADER ksudoku_version.h)
+
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(ksudoku_SRCS
     HEADER ksudoku_logging.h
     IDENTIFIER KSudokuLog
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "ksudoku.h"
+#include "ksudoku_version.h"
 
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KCrash>
@@ -39,18 +40,15 @@
 static const char description[] =
     I18N_NOOP("KSudoku - Sudokus and more");
 
-static const char version[] = "1.4";
-
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	qsrand(std::time(nullptr));
 	QApplication app(argc, argv);
 	KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("ksudoku");
 
 	KAboutData about(QStringLiteral("ksudoku"),
 	                 i18n("KSudoku"),
-	                 version,
+	                 KSUDOKU_VERSION_STRING,
 	                 i18n(description),
 	                 KAboutLicense::GPL_V2,
 	                 i18n("(c) 2005-2007 The KSudoku Authors"),