diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d4fa45c..80ac1dc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-project (uirc3 C)
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
+project (uirc3 VERSION 0.9.8 LANGUAGES C)
 
 # Options
 option (WANT_READLINE "Use GNU Readline for the UI (better)" ON)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 endif ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 
 # Version
-set (project_version "0.9.8")
+set (project_version "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
 # Try to append commit ID if it follows a version tag.  It might be nicer if
 # we could also detect dirty worktrees but that's very hard to get right.