diff --git a/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/CMakeLists.txt b/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/CMakeLists.txt
index 759aa4be0..a12eeffbb 100644
--- a/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 # project name and language
-project(recipe-04 LANGUAGES C)
-
-# version of our project
-set(VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 0)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 1)
+project(recipe-04 VERSION 2.0.1 LANGUAGES C)
 
 # generate file version.h based on version.h.in
 configure_file(
diff --git a/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/example.c b/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/example.c
index 611994d60..ffff811be 100644
--- a/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/example.c
+++ b/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/example.c
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-// provides VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, and VERSION_PATCH
+// provides PROJECT_VERSION, PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR, PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR
 #include "version.h"
 
 int main() {
-  printf("This is output from example code v%i.%i.%i:\n",
-         VERSION_MAJOR,
-         VERSION_MINOR,
-         VERSION_PATCH);
+  printf("This is output from example code %s\n", PROJECT_VERSION);
+  printf("The major version number is %i\n", PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR);
+  printf("The minor version number is %i\n", PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR);
 
   printf("Hello CMake world!\n");
 }
diff --git a/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/version.h.in b/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/version.h.in
index eb6e5cb58..deb9578fa 100644
--- a/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/version.h.in
+++ b/Chapter06/recipe-04/c-example/version.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#define VERSION_MAJOR @VERSION_MAJOR@
-#define VERSION_MINOR @VERSION_MINOR@
-#define VERSION_PATCH @VERSION_PATCH@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+
+#define PROJECT_VERSION "v@PROJECT_VERSION@"
diff --git a/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/CMakeLists.txt b/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/CMakeLists.txt
index 033e1881f..e216405ec 100644
--- a/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 # project name and language
-project(recipe-04 LANGUAGES Fortran)
-
-# version of our project
-set(VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 0)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 1)
+project(recipe-04 VERSION 2.0.1 LANGUAGES Fortran)
 
 # generate version module based on version.f90.in
 configure_file(
diff --git a/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/example.f90 b/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/example.f90
index 13f67ca07..fa6c975b4 100644
--- a/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/example.f90
+++ b/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/example.f90
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 program example
 
-  use version, only: VERSION_STRING, VERSION_MAJOR
+  use version, only: PROJECT_VERSION, PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR, PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR
 
   implicit none
 
-  print *, "This is output from example code ", VERSION_STRING
-  print *, "The major version number is", VERSION_MAJOR
+  print *, "This is output from example code ", PROJECT_VERSION
+  print *, "The major version number is", PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR
+  print *, "The minor version number is", PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR
+
   print *, "Hello CMake world!"
 
 end program
diff --git a/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/version.f90.in b/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/version.f90.in
index 7bba40452..7a6d39739 100644
--- a/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/version.f90.in
+++ b/Chapter06/recipe-04/fortran-example/version.f90.in
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ module version
 
   implicit none
 
-  integer, parameter :: VERSION_MAJOR = @VERSION_MAJOR@
-  integer, parameter :: VERSION_MINOR = @VERSION_MINOR@
-  integer, parameter :: VERSION_PATCH = @VERSION_PATCH@
+  integer, parameter :: PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR = @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+  integer, parameter :: PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR = @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+  integer, parameter :: PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH = @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
 
-  character(*), parameter :: VERSION_STRING = "v@VERSION_MAJOR@.@VERSION_MINOR@.@VERSION_PATCH@"
+  character(*), parameter :: PROJECT_VERSION = "v@PROJECT_VERSION@"
 
 end module