diff --git a/create-deb.sh b/create-deb.sh
index fd6c71c8fe2b8808242d8326db85d2707d51eec8..01d0627bd170316391b1245fb5238624c73a16a7 100755
--- a/create-deb.sh
+++ b/create-deb.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
 fi
 
 DEST=${DEST:-DEST}
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.7.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-`grep -E "^ *version: '.*'" meson.build|cut -d"'" -f2`}
 
 ninja -C release/
 mkdir -p \