diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..057ba5587bb9c32a29c890243ad454e243d56233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+41.0
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 9c304fdf5e663951e3856696d9fa0a554710300f..0002bf152771190fa2422ed6a6954b4f171129d0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import os
 root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join("..", ".."))
 sys.path.insert(0, root_path)
 
-from avocado import VERSION
 from avocado.utils import path
 from avocado.utils import process
 
@@ -97,6 +96,8 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 project = u'Avocado'
 copyright = u'2014-2015, Red Hat'
 
+version_file = os.path.join(root_path, 'VERSION')
+VERSION = open(version_file, 'r').read().strip()
 version = VERSION
 release = VERSION
 
diff --git a/optional_plugins/html/setup.py b/optional_plugins/html/setup.py
index 142175cb297b0d3a9394f7a16de14cad212b2069..6afdd0d9d2b4cb10d9e308e765c2f00c50c7ac39 100644
--- a/optional_plugins/html/setup.py
+++ b/optional_plugins/html/setup.py
@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@
 # Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2016
 # Author: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
 
+import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+
+root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join("..", ".."))
+version_file = os.path.join(root_path, 'VERSION')
+VERSION = open(version_file, 'r').read().strip()
+
 setup(name='avocado_result_html',
       description='Avocado HTML Report for Jobs',
-      version='41.0',
+      version=VERSION,
       author='Avocado Developers',
       author_email='avocado-devel@redhat.com',
       url='http://avocado-framework.github.io/',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 15fb30525da06cd5dc3c81255d56981f7f606e0a..df9924a78179aa726f3a28ce3ff18f236ebacd4f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
+VERSION = open('VERSION', 'r').read().strip()
 VIRTUAL_ENV = hasattr(sys, 'real_prefix')
 
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def get_long_description():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup(name='avocado-framework',
-          version='41.0',
+          version=VERSION,
           description='Avocado Test Framework',
           long_description=get_long_description(),
           author='Avocado Developers',