diff --git a/.github/actions/configure/action.yaml b/.github/actions/configure/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3de40d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/configure/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: Configure
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Configure
+      shell: bash
+      run: cmake --preset conan-${{ env.LOWERCASE_BUILD_TYPE }} -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DPROJECT_VERSION=${{ env.PROJECT_VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/set-environment-variables/action.yaml b/.github/actions/set-environment-variables/action.yaml
index 55c54a6d..08fdce4f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/set-environment-variables/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/set-environment-variables/action.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ runs:
         printf "CAPITALISED_BUILD_TYPE=%s\n" "${buildType}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         printf "LOWERCASE_BUILD_TYPE=%s\n" "${buildType,,}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         
-        newestTag="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
-        artifactVersionWithTimestamp="${newestTag}"-"$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
-        printf "GITHUB_OCI_REGISTRY_ARTIFACT_VERSION=%s\n" "${artifactVersionWithTimestamp}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        newestTag="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --always)"
+        printf "PROJECT_VERSION=%s\n" "${newestTag}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        
+        newestTagWithTimestamp="${newestTag}"-"$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
+        printf "ARTIFACT_VERSION=%s\n" "${newestTagWithTimestamp}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         
         printf "RELEASE_PATH=%s\n" "${{ github.workspace }}/build/Release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-debug.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-debug.yaml
index a09f5e18..5c0e8bc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-debug.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-debug.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-requirements
 
       - name: Configure
-        shell: bash
-        run: cmake --preset conan-${{ env.LOWERCASE_BUILD_TYPE }} -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
+        uses: ./.github/actions/configure
 
       - name: Build
         uses: ./.github/actions/build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-and-publish-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-test-and-publish-release.yaml
index 2637ba23..19956914 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-and-publish-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-and-publish-release.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-requirements
 
       - name: Configure
-        shell: bash
-        run: cmake --preset conan-${{ env.LOWERCASE_BUILD_TYPE }} -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
+        uses: ./.github/actions/configure
 
       - name: Build
         uses: ./.github/actions/build
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Zip artifact directory contents
         run: |
           cd ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
-          zip -r ${{ env.GITHUB_OCI_REGISTRY_ARTIFACT_VERSION }}.zip .
+          zip -r ${{ env.ARTIFACT_VERSION }}.zip .
 
       - name: Login to GitHub OCI registry
         run: printf "%s" ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | oras login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
@@ -61,4 +60,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish zip to GitHub OCI registry
         run: |
           cd ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
-          oras push ${{ env.GITHUB_OCI_REGISTRY_ADDRESS }}:${{ env.GITHUB_OCI_REGISTRY_ARTIFACT_VERSION }} ${{ env.GITHUB_OCI_REGISTRY_ARTIFACT_VERSION }}.zip
+          oras push ${{ env.GITHUB_OCI_REGISTRY_ADDRESS }}:${{ env.ARTIFACT_VERSION }} ${{ env.ARTIFACT_VERSION }}.zip
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dbdd2422..fa1ac5e9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,25 +35,17 @@ if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
 	set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
 endif()
 
-find_package(Git REQUIRED)
-execute_process(
-		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags --abbrev=0 OUTPUT_VARIABLE ver
-)
+if("${PROJECT_VERSION}" STREQUAL "")
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "Project version has not been provided\n    Please, provide project version using -DPROJECT_VERSION")
+endif()
 
-string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)" _ ${ver})
+string(REGEX MATCH "([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)" _ "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 if(NOT CMAKE_MATCH_COUNT EQUAL 3)
-	message(FATAL_ERROR "Version parsing failed\n    Got: ${ver}")
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "Incorrect project version number format: ${PROJECT_VERSION}. Please provide the project version number in the format major.minor.patch")
 endif()
 
-set(EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-set(EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MINOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_2})
-set(EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_PATCH ${CMAKE_MATCH_3})
-add_definitions(-DEBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MAJOR=${EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MAJOR})
-add_definitions(-DEBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MINOR=${EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MINOR})
-add_definitions(-DEBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_PATCH=${EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_PATCH})
-
 project(
-	${_project_name} VERSION "${EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MAJOR}.${EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_MINOR}.${EBPFDISCOVERY_VERSION_PATCH}" LANGUAGES C CXX
+	${_project_name} VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}" LANGUAGES C CXX
 )
 
 set(BPF_C_FLAGS ${BPF_C_FLAGS} -DTARGET_BPF)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d27d87f0..8fa5370b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Build release:
 
 ```
 conan install . --build=missing -s build_type=Release
-cmake --preset conan-release -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF
+cmake --preset conan-release -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DPROJECT_VERSION=<project version>
 cmake --build --preset conan-release
 ```
 
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ Build debug:
 
 ```
 conan install . --build=missing -s build_type=Debug
-cmake --preset conan-debug -DTHIRDPARTY_MAKE_JOBS_COUNT=$((`nproc` / 2)) -DBUILD_BPF_TESTS=On
+cmake --preset conan-debug -DTHIRDPARTY_MAKE_JOBS_COUNT=$((`nproc` / 2)) -DBUILD_BPF_TESTS=ON -DPROJECT_VERSION=<project version>
 cmake --build --preset conan-debug
 ```
 
+`project version` must be provided in the format major.minor.patch e.g. 1.2.3
+
 ## Help & Support
 
 eBPF Discovery is an open source project. The features are fully supported by [Dynatrace](https://www.dynatrace.com).
diff --git a/ebpfdiscoverysrv/CMakeLists.txt b/ebpfdiscoverysrv/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c4a5b9b..37b5d55c 100644
--- a/ebpfdiscoverysrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ebpfdiscoverysrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ add_executable(${TARGET} ${SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} Boost::program_options)
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ebpfdiscovery)
+target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PUBLIC PROJECT_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}")
diff --git a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index cde77cc8..61e5e293 100644
--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ project(thirdparty)
 set(THIRDPARTY_MAKE_JOBS_COUNT "1" CACHE STRING "Number of jobs to use when compiling thirdparty submodules")
 
 include(ExternalProject)
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
 
 if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bpftool/src/Makefile OR NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bpftool/libbpf/src/Makefile)
 	execute_process(