diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-PROJECT(ksquares)
-
 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(ksquares VERSION "0.6.${RELEASE_SERVICE_COMPACT_VERSION}")
+
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.7.0")
 set (KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.30.0")
 
@@ -25,6 +32,7 @@
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
+include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDEFrameworkCompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     scoresdialog.cpp
 )
 
+ecm_setup_version(${PROJECT_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KSQUARES VERSION_HEADER ksquares_version.h)
+
 qt5_add_resources(ksquares_SRCS ksquares.qrc)
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(ksquares_SRCS newgamewidget.ui scoreswidget.ui prefs_ai.ui prefs_display.ui)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@
 #include "ksquareswindow.h"
 #include "ksquaresdemowindow.h"
 #include "settings.h"
+#include "ksquares_version.h"
 
 static const char description[] =
     I18N_NOOP("Take it in turns to draw lines.\nIf you complete a squares, you get another go.");
 
-static const char version[] = "0.6";
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
     migrate.setUiFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("ksquaresui.rc"));
     migrate.migrate();
     KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("ksquares");
-    KAboutData about(QStringLiteral("ksquares"), i18n("KSquares"), QLatin1String(version), i18n(description),
+    KAboutData about(QStringLiteral("ksquares"), i18n("KSquares"), QStringLiteral(KSQUARES_VERSION_STRING), i18n(description),
                      KAboutLicense::GPL, i18n("(C) 2006-2007 Matt Williams"));
     about.addAuthor(i18n("Matt Williams"), i18n("Original creator and maintainer"), QStringLiteral("matt@milliams.com"), QStringLiteral("https://milliams.com"));
     about.addCredit(i18n("Fela Winkelmolen"), i18n("Many patches and bugfixes"));