diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
-project(keditbookmarks)
+# 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(keditbookmarks VERSION ${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION})
 
 # ECM setup
 set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.28.0")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
+ecm_setup_version(${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KEDITBOOKMARKS VERSION_HEADER keditbookmarks_version.h)
+
 set(kbookmarkmerger_SRCS kbookmarkmerger.cpp )
 
 add_executable(kbookmarkmerger ${kbookmarkmerger_SRCS})
diff --git a/src/kbookmarkmerger.cpp b/src/kbookmarkmerger.cpp
--- a/src/kbookmarkmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/kbookmarkmerger.cpp
@@ -37,15 +37,17 @@
 #include <QCommandLineOption>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
+#include "keditbookmarks_version.h"
+
 int main( int argc, char**argv )
 {
 	QApplication app(argc, argv);
 
 	KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("keditbookmarks");
 
 	KAboutData aboutData( QStringLiteral("kbookmarkmerger"),
 	                      i18n( "KBookmarkMerger" ),
-	                      QStringLiteral("1.0"),
+	                      QStringLiteral(KEDITBOOKMARKS_VERSION_STRING),
 	                      i18n("Merges bookmarks installed by 3rd parties into the user's bookmarks"),
 	                      KAboutLicense::BSDL,
 	                      i18n("Copyright © 2005 Frerich Raabe") );
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "toplevel.h"
 #include "importers.h"
 #include "kbookmarkmodel/commandhistory.h"
+#include "keditbookmarks_version.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
 
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("keditbookmarks"),
                          i18n("Bookmark Editor"),
-                         QStringLiteral("5.0"),
+                         QStringLiteral(KEDITBOOKMARKS_VERSION_STRING),
                          i18n("Bookmark Organizer and Editor"),
                          KAboutLicense::GPL,
                          i18n("Copyright 2000-2017, KDE developers") );