diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index ac92dbd..0eeb476 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::env;
 
 fn main() {
     #[cfg(all(feature = "sqlite", feature = "mysql"))]
@@ -10,8 +11,13 @@ fn main() {
 
     #[cfg(not(any(feature = "sqlite", feature = "mysql", feature = "postgresql")))]
     compile_error!("You need to enable one DB backend. To build with previous defaults do: cargo build --features sqlite");
-
-    read_git_info().ok();
+    
+    if let Ok(version) = env::var("BWRS_VERSION") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-env=BWRS_VERSION={}", version);
+        println!("cargo:rustc-env=CARGO_PKG_VERSION={}", version);
+    } else {
+        read_git_info().ok();
+    }
 }
 
 fn run(args: &[&str]) -> Result<String, std::io::Error> {
@@ -54,14 +60,16 @@ fn read_git_info() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     } else {
         format!("{}-{}", last_tag, rev_short)
     };
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_VERSION={}", version);
+    
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=BWRS_VERSION={}", version);
+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=CARGO_PKG_VERSION={}", version);
 
     // To access these values, use:
     //    env!("GIT_EXACT_TAG")
     //    env!("GIT_LAST_TAG")
     //    env!("GIT_BRANCH")
     //    env!("GIT_REV")
-    //    env!("GIT_VERSION")
+    //    env!("BWRS_VERSION")
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/api/admin.rs b/src/api/admin.rs
index 23bc65f..7014c43 100644
--- a/src/api/admin.rs
+++ b/src/api/admin.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const COOKIE_NAME: &str = "BWRS_ADMIN";
 const ADMIN_PATH: &str = "/admin";
 
 const BASE_TEMPLATE: &str = "admin/base";
-const VERSION: Option<&str> = option_env!("GIT_VERSION");
+const VERSION: Option<&str> = option_env!("BWRS_VERSION");
 
 fn admin_path() -> String {
     format!("{}{}", CONFIG.domain_path(), ADMIN_PATH)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 85e9d28..1a8cb97 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn parse_args() {
     let opt = Opt::from_args();
     if opt.version {
-        if let Some(version) = option_env!("GIT_VERSION") {
+        if let Some(version) = option_env!("BWRS_VERSION") {
             println!("bitwarden_rs {}", version);
         } else {
             println!("bitwarden_rs (Version info from Git not present)");
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn launch_info() {
     println!("/--------------------------------------------------------------------\\");
     println!("|                       Starting Bitwarden_RS                        |");
 
-    if let Some(version) = option_env!("GIT_VERSION") {
+    if let Some(version) = option_env!("BWRS_VERSION") {
         println!("|{:^68}|", format!("Version {}", version));
     }