diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9881cc2..3596c6c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BINARY ?= htsy-cli
-VERSION ?= dev
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo dev)
 LDFLAGS := -s -w -X main.version=$(VERSION)
 PLATFORMS := darwin/amd64 darwin/arm64 windows/amd64