diff --git a/sentinel/build.gradle b/sentinel/build.gradle
index e1b405fb..66e38079 100644
--- a/sentinel/build.gradle
+++ b/sentinel/build.gradle
@@ -125,4 +125,8 @@ project.gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {
     connectedDebugAndroidTest {
         ignoreFailures = true
     }
-}
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+}
+
+apply from: '../tasks.gradle'
+preBuild.dependsOn ':sentinel:generateReadme'
+
diff --git a/tasks.gradle b/tasks.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70c23a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apply from: '../config.gradle'
+
+private void replaceVersionsInFile(File file) {
+    def content = file.text
+    content = content.replaceAll(~/sentinelVersion\s*=\s*".*"/, "sentinelVersion = \"${releaseConfig.version}\"")
+    file.setText(content)
+}
+
+tasks.register('generateReadme') {
+    doFirst {
+        replaceVersionsInFile(new File("${rootDir}/README.md"))
+    }
+}
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