diff --git a/nix/pkgs/watgbridge-dev.nix b/nix/pkgs/watgbridge-dev.nix
index f0f1b90..7e18434 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/watgbridge-dev.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/watgbridge-dev.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ let
 in
 buildGoApplication rec {
   pname = "watgbridge";
-  version = "1.11.0";
+  version = (lib.trim (builtins.readFile ../../state/version.txt));
 
   pwd = localSrc;
   src = localSrc;
diff --git a/state/state.go b/state/state.go
index 35066bf..40a97cf 100644
--- a/state/state.go
+++ b/state/state.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package state
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/PaulSonOfLars/gotgbot/v2"
@@ -10,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
-const WATGBRIDGE_VERSION = "1.11.0"
+//go:embed version.txt
+var WATGBRIDGE_VERSION string
 
 type state struct {
 	Config   *Config
@@ -33,5 +36,6 @@ type state struct {
 var State state
 
 func init() {
+	WATGBRIDGE_VERSION = strings.TrimSpace(WATGBRIDGE_VERSION)
 	State.Config = &Config{Path: "config.yaml"}
 }
diff --git a/state/version.txt b/state/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cac385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/state/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.11.0