diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35092b5e..d40dd094 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Prerequisite actions are executed before the interactive part.
     * Option `ignore-require` and `ignore-require-dev`: don't check dependencies in `require` or `require-dev` section
     * Option `whitelist`: allow specific dependencies to use development version
 * `command`: Execute a system command
-    * Option `cmd` The command to execute
+    * Option `cmd` The command to execute (variables `%version%` and `%new_version%` can be used)
     * Option `live_output` boolean, do we display the command output? (default: *true*)
     * Option `timeout` integer, limits the time for the command. (default: *600*)
     * Option `stop_on_error` boolean, do we break the release process on error? (default: *true*)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Actions can be used for pre or post release parts.
     * Option `default-stub-cli`: the default stub for CLI usage of the package.
     * Option `default-stub-web`: the default stub for web application usage of the package.
 * `command`: Execute a system command
-    * Option `cmd` The command to execute
+    * Option `cmd` The command to execute (variables `%version%` and `%new_version%` can be used)
     * Option `live_output` boolean, do we display the command output? (default: *true*)
     * Option `timeout` integer, limits the time for the command. (default: *600*)
     * Option `stop_on_error` boolean, do we break the release process on error? (default: *true*)
diff --git a/src/Liip/RMT/Action/CommandAction.php b/src/Liip/RMT/Action/CommandAction.php
index b2ea5b0e..15d268e9 100644
--- a/src/Liip/RMT/Action/CommandAction.php
+++ b/src/Liip/RMT/Action/CommandAction.php
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
  */
 class CommandAction extends BaseAction
 {
+    protected $currentVersion;
+
     public function __construct($options)
     {
+        parent::__construct($options);
+
         $this->options = array_merge(array(
             'cmd' => null,
             'live_output' => true,
@@ -31,11 +35,13 @@ public function __construct($options)
         if ($this->options['cmd'] == null) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Missing [cmd] option');
         }
+
+        $this->currentVersion = Context::get('version-persister')->getCurrentVersion();
     }
 
     public function execute()
     {
-        $command = $this->options['cmd'];
+        $command = $this->prepareCommand($this->options['cmd']);
         Context::get('output')->write("<comment>$command</comment>\n\n");
 
         // Prepare a callback for live output
@@ -64,4 +70,36 @@ public function execute()
             throw new \RuntimeException("Command [$command] exit with code " . $process->getExitCode());
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Prepares the command
+     *
+     * @param string $command
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function prepareCommand($command)
+    {
+        if (substr_count($command, '%') < 2) {
+            return $command;
+        }
+
+        preg_match_all('@%([A-Za-z0-9_]*)%@', $command, $matches);
+
+        if (! array_key_exists(1, $matches)) {
+            return $command;
+        }
+
+        $placeHolderValue = [
+            'version' => $this->currentVersion,
+            'new_version' => Context::getParam('new-version'),
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($matches[1] as $placeHolder) {
+            if (array_key_exists($placeHolder, $placeHolderValue)) {
+                $command = str_replace("%$placeHolder%", $placeHolderValue[$placeHolder], $command);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $command;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Liip/RMT/Tests/Functional/CommandActionTest.php b/test/Liip/RMT/Tests/Functional/CommandActionTest.php
index 81b2f452..b4abcae5 100644
--- a/test/Liip/RMT/Tests/Functional/CommandActionTest.php
+++ b/test/Liip/RMT/Tests/Functional/CommandActionTest.php
@@ -26,4 +26,18 @@ public function testCommand()
 //        $this->manualDebug();
         $this->assertContains('Command Action : echo "hello world"', $output);
     }
+
+    public function testVersionsOutputOnPostRelease()
+    {
+        $this->createChangelog('simple');
+        $this->createConfig('simple', 'changelog', array(
+            'post-release-actions' => array(
+                'command' => array('cmd' => 'echo %version% %new_version%'),
+            ),
+        ));
+
+        exec('./RMT release -n --no-ansi --comment="test"', $output);
+        $output = implode("\n", $output);
+        $this->assertContains('Command Action : echo 1 2', $output);
+    }
 }