diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 06d3c3ff..ab110b0c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ find_package( ecbuild 3.4 REQUIRED )
 
 
 # In prepaation for hotfix of 4.14.0
-project( magics VERSION 4.14.1 LANGUAGES CXX )
+project( magics LANGUAGES CXX )
 
 
 # make sure that the header files are installed into include/magics
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5704b893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.14.1
\ No newline at end of file