diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 78bc1ab..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.10.0
diff --git a/netbox-client-ruby.gemspec b/netbox-client-ruby.gemspec
index 72e5a3b..37b75df 100644
--- a/netbox-client-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/netbox-client-ruby.gemspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = 'netbox-client-ruby'
-  spec.version       = File.read(File.expand_path('VERSION', __dir__)).strip
+  spec.version       = (ENV["GITHUB_REF_NAME"] ||  `git describe --tags --match="v[0-9]*" --abbrev=0`).strip.delete_prefix("v")
 
   spec.summary       = 'A read/write client for Netbox v2.'
   spec.homepage      = 'https://github.com/ninech/netbox-client-ruby'