diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d521fe..1b6812a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ endif(AASDK_TEST)
 SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
 SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "AASDK") #required
 SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "AASDK") 
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${aasdk_VERSION_STRING})
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME DEB-DEFAULT)
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libusb-1.0-0,libboost-all-dev,libssl-dev,libprotobuf-dev")
 set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL libraries headers Unspecified)