diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67fbd8e5b..98dd5dcae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
 
 # root CMakeLists for the SuperTuxKart project
 project(SuperTuxKart)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION "git")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.4")
 
 add_definitions( -DSUPERTUXKART_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}" )
 
diff --git a/data/supertuxkart.git b/data/supertuxkart.1.4
similarity index 100%
rename from data/supertuxkart.git
rename to data/supertuxkart.1.4