diff --git a/src/base64/base64.rs b/src/base64/base64.rs
index 9196b0399..fff3f9a6b 100644
--- a/src/base64/base64.rs
+++ b/src/base64/base64.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum Mode {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "base64";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub type FileOrStdReader = BufReader<Box<Read+'static>>;
 
diff --git a/src/basename/basename.rs b/src/basename/basename.rs
index 6ca4cf002..366299cbf 100644
--- a/src/basename/basename.rs
+++ b/src/basename/basename.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{is_separator, PathBuf};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "basename";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     //
diff --git a/src/cat/cat.rs b/src/cat/cat.rs
index 829d46614..ad5a6d857 100644
--- a/src/cat/cat.rs
+++ b/src/cat/cat.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use std::intrinsics::{copy_nonoverlapping};
 use std::io::{stdout, stdin, stderr, Write, Read, Result};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "cat";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/chmod/chmod.rs b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
index 9271d1bbe..6371e9ff8 100644
--- a/src/chmod/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use uucore::fs::UUPathExt;
 use walker::Walker;
 
 const NAME: &'static str = "chmod";
-const VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+const VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/chroot/chroot.rs b/src/chroot/chroot.rs
index a69147e80..3787ff1fa 100644
--- a/src/chroot/chroot.rs
+++ b/src/chroot/chroot.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "chroot";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/cksum/cksum.rs b/src/cksum/cksum.rs
index 42548833e..4d5581a6c 100644
--- a/src/cksum/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/cksum/cksum.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use crc_table::CRC_TABLE;
 mod crc_table;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "cksum";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[inline]
 fn crc_update(crc: u32, input: u8) -> u32 {
diff --git a/src/comm/comm.rs b/src/comm/comm.rs
index 5518f6461..ee37afd94 100644
--- a/src/comm/comm.rs
+++ b/src/comm/comm.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read, stdin, Stdin};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "comm";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 fn mkdelim(col: usize, opts: &getopts::Matches) -> String {
     let mut s = String::new();
diff --git a/src/cp/cp.rs b/src/cp/cp.rs
index 04d0c8ea1..08e1c9988 100644
--- a/src/cp/cp.rs
+++ b/src/cp/cp.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub enum Mode {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "cp";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/cut/cut.rs b/src/cut/cut.rs
index a05679f08..631f4c98f 100644
--- a/src/cut/cut.rs
+++ b/src/cut/cut.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mod ranges;
 mod searcher;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "cut";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 struct Options {
     out_delim: Option<String>,
diff --git a/src/dirname/dirname.rs b/src/dirname/dirname.rs
index c1a3ce60f..1002db892 100644
--- a/src/dirname/dirname.rs
+++ b/src/dirname/dirname.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extern crate getopts;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "dirname";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/du/du.rs b/src/du/du.rs
index cb60dcb0f..83e9b91fb 100644
--- a/src/du/du.rs
+++ b/src/du/du.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use std::thread;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "du";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 struct Options {
     all: bool,
diff --git a/src/echo/echo.rs b/src/echo/echo.rs
index 0e7508dfb..b55d4f930 100644
--- a/src/echo/echo.rs
+++ b/src/echo/echo.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::str::from_utf8;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 static NAME: &'static str = "echo";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct EchoOptions {
diff --git a/src/env/env.rs b/src/env/env.rs
index eb5d8ebcb..fadd3aee1 100644
--- a/src/env/env.rs
+++ b/src/env/env.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "env";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 struct options {
     ignore_env: bool,
diff --git a/src/expand/expand.rs b/src/expand/expand.rs
index 5312e631d..56c9541d0 100644
--- a/src/expand/expand.rs
+++ b/src/expand/expand.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use rustc_unicode::str::utf8_char_width;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "expand";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 static DEFAULT_TABSTOP: usize = 8;
 
diff --git a/src/expr/expr.rs b/src/expr/expr.rs
index 9ed14f160..712d8bc9c 100644
--- a/src/expr/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr/expr.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mod syntax_tree;
 use std::io::{Write};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "expr";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
 	// For expr utility we do not want getopts.
diff --git a/src/factor/factor.rs b/src/factor/factor.rs
index 6399b4383..aa01a782e 100644
--- a/src/factor/factor.rs
+++ b/src/factor/factor.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ mod numeric;
 mod prime_table;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "factor";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 fn rho_pollard_pseudorandom_function(x: u64, a: u64, b: u64, num: u64) -> u64 {
     if num < 1 << 63 {
diff --git a/src/fmt/fmt.rs b/src/fmt/fmt.rs
index 06cb6205d..5dee29609 100644
--- a/src/fmt/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/fmt/fmt.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mod parasplit;
 
 // program's NAME and VERSION are used for -V and -h
 static NAME: &'static str = "fmt";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.3";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub type FileOrStdReader = BufReader<Box<Read+'static>>;
 pub struct FmtOptions {
diff --git a/src/fold/fold.rs b/src/fold/fold.rs
index d75a317e4..fcaf77ab3 100644
--- a/src/fold/fold.rs
+++ b/src/fold/fold.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, stdin, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "fold";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let (args, obs_width) = handle_obsolete(&args[..]);
diff --git a/src/groups/groups.rs b/src/groups/groups.rs
index 834922b84..1eac56dc8 100644
--- a/src/groups/groups.rs
+++ b/src/groups/groups.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use uucore::c_types::{get_pw_from_args, group};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "groups";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/hashsum/hashsum.rs b/src/hashsum/hashsum.rs
index 5fedb7e9b..90fb79f14 100644
--- a/src/hashsum/hashsum.rs
+++ b/src/hashsum/hashsum.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read, stdin, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "hashsum";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 fn is_custom_binary(program: &str) -> bool {
     match program {
diff --git a/src/head/head.rs b/src/head/head.rs
index 9d539687e..1702172fa 100644
--- a/src/head/head.rs
+++ b/src/head/head.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::from_utf8;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "head";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 enum FilterMode {
     Bytes(usize),
diff --git a/src/hostid/hostid.rs b/src/hostid/hostid.rs
index bab2c50a1..dd9a5305d 100644
--- a/src/hostid/hostid.rs
+++ b/src/hostid/hostid.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ extern crate uucore;
 use libc::c_long;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "hostid";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 static EXIT_ERR: i32 = 1;
 
diff --git a/src/hostname/hostname.rs b/src/hostname/hostname.rs
index 4e01de294..3dae3ff28 100644
--- a/src/hostname/hostname.rs
+++ b/src/hostname/hostname.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "hostname";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 extern {
     fn gethostname(name: *mut libc::c_char, namelen: libc::size_t) -> libc::c_int;
diff --git a/src/kill/kill.rs b/src/kill/kill.rs
index 08626b850..0d0625cf2 100644
--- a/src/kill/kill.rs
+++ b/src/kill/kill.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::io::{Error, Write};
 use uucore::signals::ALL_SIGNALS;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "kill";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 static EXIT_OK:  i32 = 0;
 static EXIT_ERR: i32 = 1;
diff --git a/src/link/link.rs b/src/link/link.rs
index 37fde7d4a..8b8c77c2a 100644
--- a/src/link/link.rs
+++ b/src/link/link.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "link";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/ln/ln.rs b/src/ln/ln.rs
index 6e8e19518..104874008 100644
--- a/src/ln/ln.rs
+++ b/src/ln/ln.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::fs::UUPathExt;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "ln";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub struct Settings {
     overwrite: OverwriteMode,
diff --git a/src/logname/logname.rs b/src/logname/logname.rs
index 6e5dd0465..b0c3ca455 100644
--- a/src/logname/logname.rs
+++ b/src/logname/logname.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn get_userlogin() -> Option<String> {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "logname";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     //
diff --git a/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs b/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs
index dffcbc78a..f1c4e97de 100644
--- a/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs
+++ b/src/mkdir/mkdir.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::fs::UUPathExt;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "mkdir";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 /**
  * Handles option parsing
diff --git a/src/mkfifo/mkfifo.rs b/src/mkfifo/mkfifo.rs
index 795b689be..468cd83e2 100644
--- a/src/mkfifo/mkfifo.rs
+++ b/src/mkfifo/mkfifo.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::io::{Error, Write};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "mkfifo";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/mv/mv.rs b/src/mv/mv.rs
index f84a0ae2b..a401b87bf 100644
--- a/src/mv/mv.rs
+++ b/src/mv/mv.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::fs::UUPathExt;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "mv";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub struct Behaviour {
     overwrite: OverwriteMode,
diff --git a/src/nice/nice.rs b/src/nice/nice.rs
index 92d4d85f5..8259983d9 100644
--- a/src/nice/nice.rs
+++ b/src/nice/nice.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::io::{Error, Write};
 
 const NAME: &'static str = "nice";
-const VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+const VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 // XXX: PRIO_PROCESS is 0 on at least FreeBSD and Linux.  Don't know about Mac OS X.
 const PRIO_PROCESS: c_int = 0;
diff --git a/src/nl/nl.rs b/src/nl/nl.rs
index 7b15bd3e6..fd77539cb 100644
--- a/src/nl/nl.rs
+++ b/src/nl/nl.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 mod helper;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "nl";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 static USAGE: &'static str = "nl [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
 // A regular expression matching everything.
 
diff --git a/src/nohup/nohup.rs b/src/nohup/nohup.rs
index e0cdd4b98..4f47c123b 100644
--- a/src/nohup/nohup.rs
+++ b/src/nohup/nohup.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::env;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "nohup";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 extern {
diff --git a/src/nproc/nproc.rs b/src/nproc/nproc.rs
index f0b7c97fb..2cc143650 100644
--- a/src/nproc/nproc.rs
+++ b/src/nproc/nproc.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ extern crate uucore;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::env;
 
-static NAME : &'static str = "nproc";
-static VERSION : &'static str = "0.0.0";
+static NAME: &'static str = "nproc";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/paste/paste.rs b/src/paste/paste.rs
index f170452af..52a899b1e 100644
--- a/src/paste/paste.rs
+++ b/src/paste/paste.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "paste";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/printenv/printenv.rs b/src/printenv/printenv.rs
index 025294cff..5025a3194 100644
--- a/src/printenv/printenv.rs
+++ b/src/printenv/printenv.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::env;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "printenv";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/ptx/ptx.rs b/src/ptx/ptx.rs
index 681ffa5ea..e39cf19a5 100644
--- a/src/ptx/ptx.rs
+++ b/src/ptx/ptx.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufReader, BufWriter, BufRead, Read, Write};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "ptx";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum OutFormat {
diff --git a/src/pwd/pwd.rs b/src/pwd/pwd.rs
index 0f423ae2f..b144d7f52 100644
--- a/src/pwd/pwd.rs
+++ b/src/pwd/pwd.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::env;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "pwd";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/readlink/readlink.rs b/src/readlink/readlink.rs
index 9249bd5fd..d6a8ad4a4 100644
--- a/src/readlink/readlink.rs
+++ b/src/readlink/readlink.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uucore::fs::{canonicalize, CanonicalizeMode};
 
 const NAME: &'static str = "readlink";
-const VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+const VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/realpath/realpath.rs b/src/realpath/realpath.rs
index a0b6cda4f..bf4dd3dad 100644
--- a/src/realpath/realpath.rs
+++ b/src/realpath/realpath.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::fs::{canonicalize, CanonicalizeMode};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "realpath";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/relpath/relpath.rs b/src/relpath/relpath.rs
index ab982c7f0..877792965 100644
--- a/src/relpath/relpath.rs
+++ b/src/relpath/relpath.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::fs::{canonicalize, CanonicalizeMode};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "relpath";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/rm/rm.rs b/src/rm/rm.rs
index c9d859dc5..96b426aa8 100644
--- a/src/rm/rm.rs
+++ b/src/rm/rm.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ enum InteractiveMode {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "rm";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     // TODO: make getopts support -R in addition to -r
diff --git a/src/rmdir/rmdir.rs b/src/rmdir/rmdir.rs
index dba5d0332..43c0c2d61 100644
--- a/src/rmdir/rmdir.rs
+++ b/src/rmdir/rmdir.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "rmdir";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/seq/seq.rs b/src/seq/seq.rs
index 90de55d32..299f26804 100644
--- a/src/seq/seq.rs
+++ b/src/seq/seq.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::cmp;
 use std::io::Write;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "seq";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct SeqOptions {
diff --git a/src/shuf/shuf.rs b/src/shuf/shuf.rs
index 87e5a8b0f..d76a3a5b6 100644
--- a/src/shuf/shuf.rs
+++ b/src/shuf/shuf.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ enum Mode {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "shuf";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/sleep/sleep.rs b/src/sleep/sleep.rs
index 5052988a7..0b6fc4312 100644
--- a/src/sleep/sleep.rs
+++ b/src/sleep/sleep.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::u32::MAX as U32_MAX;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "sleep";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/sort/sort.rs b/src/sort/sort.rs
index 89710a571..f0d7ae6e5 100644
--- a/src/sort/sort.rs
+++ b/src/sort/sort.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, stdin, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "sort";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 static DECIMAL_PT: char = '.';
 static THOUSANDS_SEP: char = ',';
diff --git a/src/split/split.rs b/src/split/split.rs
index de9b27817..c601965dd 100644
--- a/src/split/split.rs
+++ b/src/split/split.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Read, stdin, stdout, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "split";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/stdbuf/stdbuf.rs b/src/stdbuf/stdbuf.rs
index ff24c23eb..008e8f503 100644
--- a/src/stdbuf/stdbuf.rs
+++ b/src/stdbuf/stdbuf.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use uucore::fs::{canonicalize, CanonicalizeMode, UUPathExt};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "stdbuf";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 static LIBSTDBUF: &'static str = "libstdbuf"; 
 
 enum BufferType {
diff --git a/src/sum/sum.rs b/src/sum/sum.rs
index 49b131e2c..bc59c63c9 100644
--- a/src/sum/sum.rs
+++ b/src/sum/sum.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::io::{Read, Result, stdin, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "sum";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 fn bsd_sum(mut reader: Box<Read>) -> (usize, u16) {
     let mut buf = [0; 1024];
diff --git a/src/sync/sync.rs b/src/sync/sync.rs
index a23e0c123..bbca4e3fe 100644
--- a/src/sync/sync.rs
+++ b/src/sync/sync.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ extern crate libc;
 extern crate uucore;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "sync";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod platform {
diff --git a/src/tac/tac.rs b/src/tac/tac.rs
index 3620d948b..953ca53ce 100644
--- a/src/tac/tac.rs
+++ b/src/tac/tac.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufReader, Read, stdin, stdout, Stdout, Write};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "tac";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/tail/tail.rs b/src/tail/tail.rs
index 790a162ac..0aec74d20 100644
--- a/src/tail/tail.rs
+++ b/src/tail/tail.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "tail";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut beginning = false;
diff --git a/src/tee/tee.rs b/src/tee/tee.rs
index fd3cafa61..c22f1e136 100644
--- a/src/tee/tee.rs
+++ b/src/tee/tee.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::io::{copy, Error, ErrorKind, Read, Result, sink, stdin, stdout, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "tee";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     match options(&args).and_then(exec) {
diff --git a/src/timeout/timeout.rs b/src/timeout/timeout.rs
index 2572aa3b7..84d618b85 100644
--- a/src/timeout/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/timeout/timeout.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "timeout";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 static ERR_EXIT_STATUS: i32 = 125;
 
diff --git a/src/touch/touch.rs b/src/touch/touch.rs
index f4f8e3d16..975dad316 100644
--- a/src/touch/touch.rs
+++ b/src/touch/touch.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::fs::UUPathExt;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "touch";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 // Since touch's date/timestamp parsing doesn't account for timezone, the
 // returned value from time::strptime() is UTC. We get system's timezone to
diff --git a/src/tr/tr.rs b/src/tr/tr.rs
index cdd30deef..1b06c9829 100644
--- a/src/tr/tr.rs
+++ b/src/tr/tr.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use expand::ExpandSet;
 mod expand;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "tr";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 const BUFFER_LEN: usize = 1024;
 
 fn delete<'a>(set: ExpandSet<'a>, complement: bool) {
diff --git a/src/truncate/truncate.rs b/src/truncate/truncate.rs
index 361371f50..6b3583e4f 100644
--- a/src/truncate/truncate.rs
+++ b/src/truncate/truncate.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum TruncateMode {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "truncate";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/tsort/tsort.rs b/src/tsort/tsort.rs
index de2a6348d..568b1faae 100644
--- a/src/tsort/tsort.rs
+++ b/src/tsort/tsort.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, stdin, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "tsort";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.rs b/src/tty/tty.rs
index 039f28b3f..097a77423 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.rs
+++ b/src/tty/tty.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "tty";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/uname/uname.rs b/src/uname/uname.rs
index 75a14f8c8..6641f7a09 100644
--- a/src/uname/uname.rs
+++ b/src/uname/uname.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ unsafe fn getuname() -> Uts {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "uname";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
diff --git a/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs b/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs
index a8af2635d..d030f1b4b 100644
--- a/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs
+++ b/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use rustc_unicode::str::utf8_char_width;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "unexpand";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 static DEFAULT_TABSTOP: usize = 8;
 
diff --git a/src/uniq/uniq.rs b/src/uniq/uniq.rs
index 273339ae3..1ad51c9b7 100644
--- a/src/uniq/uniq.rs
+++ b/src/uniq/uniq.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "uniq";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 struct Uniq {
     repeats_only: bool,
diff --git a/src/unlink/unlink.rs b/src/unlink/unlink.rs
index 186ef24cf..25f70e3dc 100644
--- a/src/unlink/unlink.rs
+++ b/src/unlink/unlink.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Write};
 use std::mem::uninitialized;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "unlink";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/uptime/uptime.rs b/src/uptime/uptime.rs
index 24170fa1d..24c801f28 100644
--- a/src/uptime/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/uptime/uptime.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use std::ptr::null;
 use uucore::utmpx::*;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "uptime";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 extern {
diff --git a/src/users/users.rs b/src/users/users.rs
index c33b503cb..c7a6dd030 100644
--- a/src/users/users.rs
+++ b/src/users/users.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ unsafe extern fn utmpxname(_file: *const libc::c_char) -> libc::c_int {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "users";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/uutils/uutils.rs b/src/uutils/uutils.rs
index 45a5353e7..b5b5f9c81 100644
--- a/src/uutils/uutils.rs
+++ b/src/uutils/uutils.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::env;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "uutils";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.0.1";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/uutils_map.rs"));
 
diff --git a/src/wc/wc.rs b/src/wc/wc.rs
index 684afc1f3..50a9f2bc0 100644
--- a/src/wc/wc.rs
+++ b/src/wc/wc.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct Result {
 }
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "wc";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/whoami/whoami.rs b/src/whoami/whoami.rs
index 3e35b22c3..fb5ee278d 100644
--- a/src/whoami/whoami.rs
+++ b/src/whoami/whoami.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 mod platform;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "whoami";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
diff --git a/src/yes/yes.rs b/src/yes/yes.rs
index fd24b6a4b..4759e2787 100644
--- a/src/yes/yes.rs
+++ b/src/yes/yes.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use getopts::Options;
 use std::io::Write;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "yes";
-static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();