diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5295052..9dae672 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export DH_GOLANG_EXCLUDES := tools/
 
 PKG := gitlab.com/signald/signald-go
-GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Version=$(DEB_VERSION)
+GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Version=$(./version.sh)
 GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Branch=$(shell debian/get-branch.sh)
 GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(PKG)/cmd/signaldctl/common.Commit=$(CI_BUILD_REF)