diff --git a/cmd/basecoin/main.go b/cmd/basecoin/main.go
index 8a39a4902d..d16d001f0e 100644
--- a/cmd/basecoin/main.go
+++ b/cmd/basecoin/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/basecoin/cmd/commands"
+	"github.com/tendermint/basecoin/version"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ func main() {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 	app.Name = "basecoin"
 	app.Usage = "basecoin [command] [args...]"
-	app.Version = "0.1.0"
+	app.Version = version.Version
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		commands.StartCmd,
 		commands.TxCmd,