diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e5aa01e..e419909 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
+file(READ vcpkg.json VCPKG_MANIFEST_STR)
+string(JSON VCPKG_PROJ_VERSION GET ${VCPKG_MANIFEST_STR} "version-semver")
 project(protodoc 
-    VERSION 1.0.0 
+    VERSION ${VCPKG_PROJ_VERSION}
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/mathisloge/protocol-doc-generation" 
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index b6a6035..802a33d 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "protodoc",
-    "version-string": "1.0.0",
+    "version-semver": "0.9.0",
     "dependencies": [
         "spdlog",
         "commsdsl",