diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/server.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/server.nix
index c5c9924779e14e3..d37e18224a778ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/server.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/server.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     ./tokio-macros.patch
   ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    echo 'pub const VERSION: &str = "${version}";' > crates/utils/src/version.rs
+  '';
+
   cargoSha256 = pinData.serverCargoSha256;
 
   buildInputs = [ postgresql ]
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/ui.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/ui.nix
index 65076eaa89e407d..3377b54c861f452 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/ui.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/lemmy/ui.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ mkYarnPackage {
     export HOME=$PWD/yarn_home
 
     ln -sf $PWD/node_modules $PWD/deps/lemmy-ui/
+    echo 'export const VERSION = "${version}";' > $PWD/deps/lemmy-ui/src/shared/version.ts
 
     yarn --offline build:prod
   '';
@@ -74,10 +75,6 @@ mkYarnPackage {
     cp -R ./node_modules $out
   '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    echo 'export const VERSION = "${version}";' > $out/libexec/lemmy-ui/deps/lemmy-ui/src/shared/version.ts
-  '';
-
   distPhase = "true";
 
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;