diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 946b646d..601ba60b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ jobs:
         images: [ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, centos-7, centos-8]
         platforms: [linux/amd64, linux/arm64]
     steps:
+    - name: Set Release Version
+      if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        releasever=${{ github.ref }}
+        releasever="${releasever#refs/tags/}"
+        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${releasever}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
@@ -28,9 +35,16 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        RELEASE_VERSION=${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        if [[ -z ${RELEASE_VERSION} ]]; then
+          git fetch --tags
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(git tag -l v* | tail -1)
+        fi
+        RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION#v}
+        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION}"
         BASE_IMAGE=${IMAGE/-/:}
         echo ${BASE_IMAGE}
-        docker buildx build --build-arg BUILD_IMAGE=${BASE_IMAGE} -f .github/workflows/release/Dockerfile --platform=${{ matrix.platforms }} -o releases/ .
+        docker buildx build --build-arg BUILD_IMAGE=${BASE_IMAGE} --build-arg RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION} -f .github/workflows/release/Dockerfile --platform=${{ matrix.platforms }} -o releases/ .
         # remove unused package
         if [[ "${IMAGE}" =~ "ubuntu" ]]; then
           rm -f releases/overlaybd-*.rpm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile b/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
index a8d0b636..a455fc36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ FROM ${BUILD_IMAGE} AS builder
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY . .
 ARG BUILD_IMAGE
-RUN ls -l /src && chmod 755 .github/workflows/release/build.sh && .github/workflows/release/build.sh ${BUILD_IMAGE}
+ARG RELEASE_VERSION
+RUN ls -l /src && chmod 755 .github/workflows/release/build.sh && .github/workflows/release/build.sh ${BUILD_IMAGE} ${RELEASE_VERSION}
 
 FROM scratch AS release
 COPY --from=builder /src/build/overlaybd-*.* /
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release/build.sh b/.github/workflows/release/build.sh
index 5fc30b59..7978614f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release/build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/release/build.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 
 OS=${1}
+PACKAGE_VERSION=${2}
 ARCH=`uname -m`
 BUILD_TYPE="Release"
 COMPILER=""
@@ -66,6 +67,6 @@ fi
 # Build
 mkdir build
 cd build
-${CMAKE} .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILD_TESTING=0 -DENABLE_DSA=0 -DENABLE_ISAL=0 ${PACKAGE_RELEASE} ${COMPILER}
+${CMAKE} .. -DPACKAGE_VERSION=${PACKAGE_VERSION} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILD_TESTING=0 -DENABLE_DSA=0 -DENABLE_ISAL=0 ${PACKAGE_RELEASE} ${COMPILER}
 make -j8
 ${CPACK} --verbose
diff --git a/CMake/pack.cmake b/CMake/pack.cmake
index a3edba7a..136be812 100644
--- a/CMake/pack.cmake
+++ b/CMake/pack.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PACKAGE_VERSION})
 set(CPACK_GENERATOR "RPM;DEB")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 if (PACKAGE_RELEASE)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1df8f516..3e10d657 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
 project(
   overlaybd
-  VERSION 0.6.1
   LANGUAGES C CXX
 )
 enable_language(C)