diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7c051de..91e9bf4c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 CURDIR=$(shell pwd)
-VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags --dirty --always)
+
+ifeq (,$(shell which govvv))
+$(shell go install github.com/ahmetb/govvv@latest)
+endif
+
+PKG := $(shell go list ./version)
+GIT_INFO := $(shell govvv -flags -pkg $(PKG))
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
 	cd $(CURDIR)
 	go mod tidy
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build \
-	-ldflags "-w -s -X github.com/kubearmor/kubearmor-client/version.version=${VERSION}" \
+	-ldflags "-w -s ${GIT_INFO}" \
 	-o karmor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index deb4faf4..8be30746 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
-var version string
+var GitSummary string
+var BuildDate string
 
 func PrintVersion(c *k8s.Client) error {
-	fmt.Printf("karmor version %s %s/%s\n", version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+	fmt.Printf("karmor version %s %s/%s BuildDate=%s\n", GitSummary, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH, BuildDate)
 	kubearmorVersion, err := getKubeArmorVersion(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil