diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d815baf9..63505b77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (evm) [\#621](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/issues/621) EVM `GenesisAccount` fields now share the same format as the auth module `Account`.
 * (evm) [\#618](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/issues/618) Add missing EVM `Context` `GetHash` field that retrieves a the header hash from a given block height.
 * (app) [\#617](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/issues/617) Fix genesis export functionality.
+* (rpc) [\#574](https://github.com/cosmos/ethermint/issues/574) Fix outdated version from `eth_protocolVersion`.
 
 ## [v0.3.1] - 2020-11-24
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c33bed08..6315c431 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ all: tools verify install
 ###############################################################################
 
 build: go.sum
+
 ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
 	go build -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/$(ETHERMINT_DAEMON_BINARY).exe ./cmd/$(ETHERMINT_DAEMON_BINARY)
 	go build -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/$(ETHERMINT_CLI_BINARY).exe ./cmd/$(ETHERMINT_CLI_BINARY)
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ else
 	go build -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/$(ETHERMINT_DAEMON_BINARY) ./cmd/$(ETHERMINT_DAEMON_BINARY)
 	go build -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/$(ETHERMINT_CLI_BINARY) ./cmd/$(ETHERMINT_CLI_BINARY)
 endif
-	go build -mod=readonly ./...
 
 build-ethermint: go.sum
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)
diff --git a/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go b/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
index 050436fa..66104dd1 100644
--- a/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
+++ b/rpc/namespaces/eth/api.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	rpctypes "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/rpc/types"
 	ethermint "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/utils"
-	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/version"
 	evmtypes "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/x/evm/types"
 
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) SetKeys(keys []ethsecp256k1.PrivKey) {
 // ProtocolVersion returns the supported Ethereum protocol version.
 func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) ProtocolVersion() hexutil.Uint {
 	api.logger.Debug("eth_protocolVersion")
-	return hexutil.Uint(version.ProtocolVersion)
+	return hexutil.Uint(ethermint.ProtocolVersion)
 }
 
 // ChainId returns the chain's identifier in hex format
diff --git a/rpc/namespaces/web3/api.go b/rpc/namespaces/web3/api.go
index 24885692..2034a80a 100644
--- a/rpc/namespaces/web3/api.go
+++ b/rpc/namespaces/web3/api.go
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 package web3
 
 import (
-	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/version"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
 )
 
 // PublicWeb3API is the web3_ prefixed set of APIs in the Web3 JSON-RPC spec.
 type PublicWeb3API struct{}
 
-// New creates an instance of the Web3 API.
+// NewAPI creates an instance of the Web3 API.
 func NewAPI() *PublicWeb3API {
 	return &PublicWeb3API{}
 }
 
 // ClientVersion returns the client version in the Web3 user agent format.
 func (PublicWeb3API) ClientVersion() string {
-	return version.ClientVersion()
+	info := version.NewInfo()
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", info.Name, info.Version)
 }
 
 // Sha3 returns the keccak-256 hash of the passed-in input.
diff --git a/tests/rpc_test.go b/tests/rpc_test.go
index 81b4997d..1ec813e0 100644
--- a/tests/rpc_test.go
+++ b/tests/rpc_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	ethtypes "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 
 	rpctypes "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/rpc/types"
-	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/version"
+	ethermint "github.com/cosmos/ethermint/types"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func TestEth_GetTransactionLogs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEth_protocolVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	expectedRes := hexutil.Uint(version.ProtocolVersion)
+	expectedRes := hexutil.Uint(ethermint.ProtocolVersion)
 
 	rpcRes := call(t, "eth_protocolVersion", []string{})
 
diff --git a/types/protocol.go b/types/protocol.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..580c344c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/protocol.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package types
+
+// Constants to match up protocol versions and messages
+const (
+	eth65 = 65
+
+	// ProtocolVersion is the latest supported version of the eth protocol.
+	ProtocolVersion = eth65
+)
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b969a7fd..00000000
--- a/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package version
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-)
-
-// AppName represents the application name as the 'user agent' on the larger Ethereum network.
-const AppName = "Ethermint"
-
-// Version contains the application semantic version.
-//
-// TODO: How do we want to version this being that an initial Ethermint has
-// been developed?
-const Version = "0.0.0"
-
-// ProtocolVersion is the supported Ethereum protocol version (e.g., Homestead, Olympic, etc.)
-const ProtocolVersion = 63
-
-// GitCommit contains the git SHA1 short hash set by build flags.
-var GitCommit = ""
-
-// ClientVersion returns the full version string for identification on the larger Ethereum network.
-func ClientVersion() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s+%s/%s/%s", AppName, Version, GitCommit, runtime.GOOS, runtime.Version())
-}
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/querier.go b/x/evm/keeper/querier.go
index df824e9a..783d9828 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/querier.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/querier.go
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ import (
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/utils"
-	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/version"
 	"github.com/cosmos/ethermint/x/evm/types"
 
 	ethcmn "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 )
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@ import (
 func NewQuerier(keeper Keeper) sdk.Querier {
 	return func(ctx sdk.Context, path []string, _ abci.RequestQuery) ([]byte, error) {
 		switch path[0] {
-		case types.QueryProtocolVersion:
-			return queryProtocolVersion(keeper)
 		case types.QueryBalance:
 			return queryBalance(ctx, path, keeper)
 		case types.QueryBlockNumber:
@@ -51,17 +47,6 @@ func NewQuerier(keeper Keeper) sdk.Querier {
 	}
 }
 
-func queryProtocolVersion(keeper Keeper) ([]byte, error) {
-	vers := version.ProtocolVersion
-
-	bz, err := codec.MarshalJSONIndent(keeper.cdc, hexutil.Uint(vers))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrJSONMarshal, err.Error())
-	}
-
-	return bz, nil
-}
-
 func queryBalance(ctx sdk.Context, path []string, keeper Keeper) ([]byte, error) {
 	addr := ethcmn.HexToAddress(path[1])
 	balance := keeper.GetBalance(ctx, addr)
diff --git a/x/evm/keeper/querier_test.go b/x/evm/keeper/querier_test.go
index c5a70ae8..3b2f6c17 100644
--- a/x/evm/keeper/querier_test.go
+++ b/x/evm/keeper/querier_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestQuerier() {
 		malleate func()
 		expPass  bool
 	}{
-		{"protocol version", []string{types.QueryProtocolVersion}, func() {}, true},
 		{"balance", []string{types.QueryBalance, addrHex}, func() {
 			suite.app.EvmKeeper.SetBalance(suite.ctx, suite.address, big.NewInt(5))
 		}, true},
diff --git a/x/evm/types/querier.go b/x/evm/types/querier.go
index 397c37ca..df0dd506 100644
--- a/x/evm/types/querier.go
+++ b/x/evm/types/querier.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 // Supported endpoints
 const (
-	QueryProtocolVersion = "protocolVersion"
 	QueryBalance         = "balance"
 	QueryBlockNumber     = "blockNumber"
 	QueryStorage         = "storage"
@@ -22,15 +21,6 @@ const (
 	QueryExportAccount   = "exportAccount"
 )
 
-// QueryResProtocolVersion is response type for protocol version query
-type QueryResProtocolVersion struct {
-	Version string `json:"version"`
-}
-
-func (q QueryResProtocolVersion) String() string {
-	return q.Version
-}
-
 // QueryResBalance is response type for balance query
 type QueryResBalance struct {
 	Balance string `json:"balance"`