diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 883906178..9810c9bb5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ set(KF5_REQUIRED_VERSION "5.16.0")
 find_package(ECM 5.19.0 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
 
+# KDE Application Version, managed by release script
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR "16")
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR "11")
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO "60")
+set (KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION "${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}")
+
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(ECMOptionalAddSubdirectory)
@@ -21,9 +27,10 @@ include(ECMAddTests)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 include(ECMPackageConfigHelpers)
 
-ecm_setup_version(1.0.0 VARIABLE_PREFIX OKULAR
-                        VERSION_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/core/version.h"
-                        PACKAGE_VERSION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Okular5ConfigVersion.cmake")
+ecm_setup_version(0.99.${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_MICRO}
+                  VARIABLE_PREFIX OKULAR
+                  VERSION_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/core/version.h"
+                  PACKAGE_VERSION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Okular5ConfigVersion.cmake")
 
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_REQUIRED_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core DBus Test Widgets PrintSupport Svg Qml Quick)
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_REQUIRED_VERSION} OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS TextToSpeech)
diff --git a/core/version.h b/core/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 477e1a65f..000000000
--- a/core/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/***************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>                     *
- *                                                                         *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
- *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
- ***************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef _OKULAR_VERSION_H_
-#define _OKULAR_VERSION_H_
-
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_STRING "0.26.70"
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_MINOR 26
-#define OKULAR_VERSION_RELEASE 70
-#define OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION( a,b,c ) (((a) << 16) | ((b) << 8) | (c))
-
-#define OKULAR_VERSION \
-  OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION(OKULAR_VERSION_MAJOR,OKULAR_VERSION_MINOR,OKULAR_VERSION_RELEASE)
-
-#define OKULAR_IS_VERSION(a,b,c) ( OKULAR_VERSION >= OKULAR_MAKE_VERSION(a,b,c) )
-
-#endif