diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc56156..5fcd837 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "headplane",
 	"private": true,
 	"sideEffects": false,
+	"version": "0.5.3",
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "react-router build && vite build -c server/vite.config.ts",
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 1f6ca48..1ba3986 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { reactRouter } from '@react-router/dev/vite';
+import autoprefixer from 'autoprefixer';
+import tailwindcss from 'tailwindcss';
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 import babel from 'vite-plugin-babel';
 import tsconfigPaths from 'vite-tsconfig-paths';
-import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import tailwindcss from 'tailwindcss';
-import autoprefixer from 'autoprefixer';
 
 const prefix = process.env.__INTERNAL_PREFIX || '/admin';
 if (prefix.endsWith('/')) {
 	throw new Error('Prefix must not end with a slash');
 }
 
-// Load the version via git tags
-const version = execSync('git describe --tags --always').toString().trim();
+// Load the version via package.json
+const pkg = await readFile('package.json', 'utf-8');
+const { version } = JSON.parse(pkg);
 if (!version) {
-	throw new Error('Unable to execute git describe');
+	throw new Error('Unable to read version from package.json');
 }
 
 export default defineConfig({