diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f9c3f0..07c471f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,46 +1,53 @@
-project(blinken)
-
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
+# KDE Application Version, managed by release script
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR "19")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR "07")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO "70")
+set(KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
+project(blinken VERSION ${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION})
+
 # minimal Qt requirement
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.9.0")
 set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.46.0")
 
 # ECM
 find_package (ECM ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 
 # where to look first for cmake modules
 set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
 
 find_package (Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Core Widgets Svg)
 
 find_package (KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     I18n XmlGui GuiAddons DocTools DBusAddons Crash
 )
 
 find_package (Phonon4Qt5 REQUIRED)
 
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDEFrameworkCompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
+include(ECMSetupVersion)
 
 # global include directories
 include_directories (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 add_subdirectory( doc )
 add_subdirectory( src ) 
 add_subdirectory( images ) 
 add_subdirectory( icons ) 
 add_subdirectory( sounds ) 
 add_subdirectory( fonts ) 
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( FILES README.packagers  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/blinken/ )
 install( FILES org.kde.blinken.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR} )
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 359283a..ba844e6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
+ecm_setup_version(${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX BLINKEN VERSION_HEADER blinken_version.h)
+
 set(blinken_SRCS 
    main.cpp 
    blinken.cpp 
    soundsplayer.cpp 
    blinkengame.cpp 
    number.cpp 
    highscoredialog.cpp 
    counter.cpp 
    button.cpp )
 
 include_directories(${PHONON_INCLUDES})
 
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(blinken_SRCS settings.kcfgc )
 
 add_executable(blinken ${blinken_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(blinken
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::XmlGui
     KF5::GuiAddons
     Qt5::Svg
     KF5::DBusAddons
     KF5::Crash
     ${PHONON_LIBRARIES}
     )
 
 install(TARGETS blinken EXPORT blinken ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
 
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install( PROGRAMS org.kde.blinken.desktop  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR} )
 install( FILES blinken.kcfg  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_KCFGDIR} )
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 14e69d2..e5a4e09 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,60 +1,62 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2005-2007 by Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org>          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program 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 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "blinken.h"
 
+#include "blinken_version.h"
+
 #include <kaboutdata.h>
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <KCrash>
 #include <KDBusService>
 #include <kdelibs4configmigrator.h>
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 
 #include <QFontDatabase>
 #include <QFontInfo>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("blinken");
 
 	QApplication app(argc, argv);
-	KAboutData about(QStringLiteral("blinken"), i18n("Blinken"), QStringLiteral("0.4"), i18n("A memory enhancement game"), KAboutLicense::GPL, i18n("© 2005-2007 Albert Astals Cid\n© 2005-2007 Danny Allen"));
+	KAboutData about(QStringLiteral("blinken"), i18n("Blinken"), QStringLiteral(BLINKEN_VERSION_STRING), i18n("A memory enhancement game"), KAboutLicense::GPL, i18n("© 2005-2007 Albert Astals Cid\n© 2005-2007 Danny Allen"));
 	about.addAuthor(i18n("Albert Astals Cid"), i18n("Coding"), QStringLiteral("aacid@kde.org"));
 	about.addAuthor(i18n("Danny Allen"), i18n("Design, Graphics and Sounds"), QStringLiteral("danny@dannyallen.co.uk"));
 	about.addCredit(i18n("Steve Jordi"), i18n("GPL'ed his 'Steve' font so that we could use it"), QStringLiteral("steve@sjordi.com"));
 
 	KAboutData::setApplicationData(about);
 
 	KCrash::initialize();
 
 	Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator migrate(QStringLiteral("blinken"));
 	migrate.setConfigFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("blinkenrc"));
 	migrate.migrate();
 
 
 	QCommandLineParser parser;
 	about.setupCommandLine(&parser);
 	parser.process(app);
 	about.processCommandLine(&parser);
 
 	app.setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("blinken")));
 
  	QFont f(QStringLiteral("Steve"), 12, QFont::Normal, true);
 	// Works with Steve may need some tweaking to work with other fonts
 	if (!QFontInfo(f).exactMatch())
 	{
 		QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::DataLocation, QStringLiteral("fonts/steve.ttf")));
 	}
 	KDBusService service;
 	new blinken();
 	return app.exec();
 }