diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ef68e0d..1849461 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,20 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 'lts/*'
           cache: 'npm'
 
+      # get part of the tag after the `v`
+      - name: Extract tag version number
+        id: get_version
+        uses: battila7/get-version-action@v2
+
+      - name: Change package.json version to the tag version
+        id: info
+        uses: jaywcjlove/github-action-package@main
+        with:
+          version: ${{steps.get_version.outputs.version-without-v}}
+
       - name: Install frontend dependencies
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{steps.get_version.outputs.version-without-v}}
         run: npm install
 
       - name: Build the app
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 40079e3..e06f83c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 		"distDir": "../build"
 	},
 	"package": {
-		"productName": "pf2ools"
+		"productName": "pf2ools",
+		"version": "../package.json"
 	},
 	"tauri": {
 		"allowlist": {
diff --git a/svelte.config.js b/svelte.config.js
index 2310c51..4ca288e 100644
--- a/svelte.config.js
+++ b/svelte.config.js
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ const config = {
 	},
 
 	kit: {
+		version: {
+			// Not sure whether I should reverse the logic here.
+			// Currently we are using the version from the environment variable, which has to be set outside.
+			// This is meant to allow to have "no version" as per debug builds (next.pf2oo.ls) and "version" as per release builds
+			// But we might want to instead have the versions by default and build timestamp with a debug flag. But then this can cause issues in terms of what version is what.
+			name: process.env.VERSION ?? undefined,
+		},
 		adapter: adapter({
 			fallback: '404.html',
 		}),