diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c9df24804244b6d4fb910eecc65bf0416e12be2..ba86939a9c1ad11640ec70bd47d42caa4384ade1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -326,8 +326,7 @@ if(OPUS_INSTALL_PKG_CONFIG_MODULE)
   set(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
   set(libdir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR})
   set(includedir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR})
-  set(VERSION ${OPUS_LIBRARY_VERSION})
-  set(VERSION ${OPUS_LIBRARY_VERSION})
+  set(VERSION ${PACKAGE_VERSION})
   if(HAVE_LIBM)
     set(LIBM "-lm")
   endif()