diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-project(knavalbattle)
-
 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(knavalbattle VERSION "2.1.${RELEASE_SERVICE_COMPACT_VERSION}")
+
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.7.0")
 set (KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.30.0")
 
@@ -24,6 +31,7 @@
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 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
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     welcomescreen.cpp
 )
 
+ecm_setup_version(${PROJECT_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KNAVALBATTLE VERSION_HEADER knavalbattle_version.h)
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(knavalbattle_SRCS HEADER knavalbattle_debug.h IDENTIFIER KNAVALBATTLE_LOG CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.kdegames.knavalbattle)
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(knavalbattle_SRCS settingsbase.kcfgc)
 file(GLOB ICONS_SRCS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../data/pictures/*-apps-knavalbattle.png")
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "coord.h"
 #include "statswidget.h"
+#include "knavalbattle_version.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
     migrate.setUiFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("knavalbattleui.rc"));
     migrate.migrate();
 
-    KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("knavalbattle"), i18n("Naval Battle"), QStringLiteral("2.1"), 
+    KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("knavalbattle"), i18n("Naval Battle"), KNAVALBATTLE_VERSION_STRING,
         i18n("The KDE ship sinking game"), KAboutLicense::GPL, 
         i18n("(c) 2000-2005  Nikolas Zimmermann, Daniel Molkentin\n"
               "(c) 2007 Paolo Capriotti"), QString(), QStringLiteral("https://kde.org/applications/games/org.kde.kbattleship") );