diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41054648..6ae31fb2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ add_library(tinycbor
   src/cborpretty.c
   src/cborvalidation.c
   src/cbor.h
-  src/tinycbor-version.h
 )
 if(WITH_FREESTANDING)
   target_compile_options(tinycbor PUBLIC
@@ -123,6 +122,9 @@ generate_export_header(tinycbor
   EXPORT_FILE_NAME "tinycbor-export.h"
 )
 
+# Generate version header
+configure_file(src/tinycbor-version.h.in tinycbor-version.h)
+
 # Check for open_memstream and store the result in HAVE_OPEN_MEMSTREAM
 check_symbol_exists(open_memstream stdio.h HAVE_OPEN_MEMSTREAM)
 check_symbol_exists(funopen stdio.h HAVE_OPEN_FUNOPEN)
diff --git a/src/cbor.h b/src/cbor.h
index 765a0ce8..d5570265 100644
--- a/src/cbor.h
+++ b/src/cbor.h
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #include "cbor_cfg.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "tinycbor-version.h"
 #include "tinycbor-export.h"
+#include "tinycbor-version.h"
 
 #define TINYCBOR_VERSION            ((TINYCBOR_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | (TINYCBOR_VERSION_MINOR << 8) | TINYCBOR_VERSION_PATCH)
 
diff --git a/src/tinycbor-version.h b/src/tinycbor-version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ea9c38..00000000
--- a/src/tinycbor-version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#define TINYCBOR_VERSION_MAJOR      7
-#define TINYCBOR_VERSION_MINOR      0
-#define TINYCBOR_VERSION_PATCH      0
diff --git a/src/tinycbor-version.h.in b/src/tinycbor-version.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ea04e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tinycbor-version.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+/* This is a generated file */
+#define TINYCBOR_VERSION_MAJOR      @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define TINYCBOR_VERSION_MINOR      @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define TINYCBOR_VERSION_PATCH      0