diff --git a/cmd/yarr/main.go b/cmd/yarr/main.go
index ce01f2a..805eee0 100644
--- a/cmd/yarr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/yarr/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if ver {
-		fmt.Printf("v%s (%s)\n", Version, GitHash)
+		fmt.Printf("%s (%s)\n", Version, GitHash)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 77c051a..826e307 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION=2.6
+VERSION=$(shell git describe --exact-match --tags HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo bleeding)
 GITHASH=$(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
 
 GO_TAGS    = sqlite_foreign_keys sqlite_json sqlite_fts5