diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 66e0875..b435045 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
+if(POLICY CMP0135)
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
+    set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0135 NEW)
+endif()
+
+file(STRINGS "include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h" HDR_VERSION_HEADER)
+string(REGEX MATCH ".*#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION \"(.*)\".*" HDR_BLACK_HOLE ${HDR_VERSION_HEADER})
 
 project(hdr_histogram
-    VERSION 0.11.6
+    VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}
     LANGUAGES C
     DESCRIPTION "C port of the HdrHistogram"
     HOMEPAGE_URL "http://hdrhistogram.github.io/HdrHistogram/")
@@ -21,7 +28,7 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 set(HDR_SOVERSION_CURRENT   6)
 set(HDR_SOVERSION_AGE       1)
-set(HDR_SOVERSION_REVISION  2)
+set(HDR_SOVERSION_REVISION  3)
 
 set(HDR_VERSION ${HDR_SOVERSION_CURRENT}.${HDR_SOVERSION_AGE}.${HDR_SOVERSION_REVISION})
 set(HDR_SOVERSION ${HDR_SOVERSION_CURRENT})
diff --git a/include/CMakeLists.txt b/include/CMakeLists.txt
index a6f5d15..23ca272 100644
--- a/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+configure_file(hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h @ONLY)
+
 set(HDR_HISTOGRAM_PUBLIC_HEADERS
     hdr/hdr_histogram.h
     hdr/hdr_histogram_log.h
diff --git a/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h b/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h
index a7333ff..7724d75 100644
--- a/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h
+++ b/include/hdr/hdr_histogram_version.h
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
 #define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
 
-#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H "0.11.6"
+#define HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION "0.11.7"
 
 #endif  // HDR_HISTOGRAM_VERSION_H
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