diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index 33619783..34298702 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // @ts-check
 // Note: type annotations allow type checking and IDEs autocompletion
 
+const fs = require('fs');
+
 const lightCodeTheme = require('prism-react-renderer/themes/github');
 const darkCodeTheme = require('prism-react-renderer/themes/dracula');
 const codeblockVersion = require('./src/remark/codeblockVersion');
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ const codeblockVersion = require('./src/remark/codeblockVersion');
 const organizationName = 'virtuslab';
 const projectName = 'besom';
 
+const besomVersion = fs.readFileSync('../version.txt').toString().trim()
+
 /** @type {import('@docusaurus/types').Config} */
 const config = {
   title: 'Besom - Pulumi Scala',
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ const config = {
   },
 
   customFields: {
-    besomVersion: '0.2.1' // TODO process.env.BESOM_VERSION
+    besomVersion: besomVersion
   },
 
   presets: [
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ const config = {
       ({
         docs: {
           sidebarPath: require.resolve('./sidebars.js'),
-          remarkPlugins: [codeblockVersion]
+          remarkPlugins: [codeblockVersion(besomVersion)]
         },
         blog: {
           showReadingTime: true,
diff --git a/website/src/remark/codeblockVersion.js b/website/src/remark/codeblockVersion.js
index 3c29b124..cf9a68d3 100644
--- a/website/src/remark/codeblockVersion.js
+++ b/website/src/remark/codeblockVersion.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const visit = require('unist-util-visit');
 
-const codeblockVersion = () => async (ast) => {
+const codeblockVersion = (besomVersion) => () => async (ast) => {
   visit(ast, 'code', (node) => {
-    node.value = node.value.replace('$version', '0.2.1') // TODO read from env: process.env.BESOM_VERSION
+    node.value = node.value.replace('$version', besomVersion)
   })
 }