diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d3d2237f4..e7dac746eb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function(add_kuzu_api_test TEST_NAME)
 endfunction()
 
 add_definitions(-DKUZU_ROOT_DIRECTORY="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-add_definitions(-DKUZU_STORAGE_VERSION="${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
+add_definitions(-DKUZU_CMAKE_VERSION="${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
 include_directories(src/include)
 include_directories(third_party/antlr4_cypher/include)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 350330cfa3..7c6bc9ed8c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-add_compile_definitions(KUZU_CMAKE_VERSION=v${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION})
 # Avoid the import annotation when building on windows
 # Really this should be set per target,
 # but the targets are split among many files and only the object files are linked against here
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 680ffcd75c..7bbbc189ac 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ add_subdirectory(vector)
 
 add_library(kuzu_common
         OBJECT
+        constants.cpp
         expression_type.cpp
         file_utils.cpp
         in_mem_overflow_buffer.cpp
diff --git a/src/common/constants.cpp b/src/common/constants.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c2a823d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/constants.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace kuzu {
+namespace common {
+
+const char* KUZU_VERSION = KUZU_CMAKE_VERSION;
+}
+} // namespace kuzu
diff --git a/src/include/common/constants.h b/src/include/common/constants.h
index b367576a49..2d3fee9dc1 100644
--- a/src/include/common/constants.h
+++ b/src/include/common/constants.h
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#define TO_STRING(ARG) #ARG
-
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace kuzu {
 namespace common {
 
-constexpr char KUZU_VERSION[] = TO_STRING(KUZU_CMAKE_VERSION);
+extern const char* KUZU_VERSION;
 
 constexpr uint64_t DEFAULT_VECTOR_CAPACITY_LOG_2 = 11;
 constexpr uint64_t DEFAULT_VECTOR_CAPACITY = (uint64_t)1 << DEFAULT_VECTOR_CAPACITY_LOG_2;
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_info.cpp b/src/storage/storage_info.cpp
index 3aa00f2945..c033027d6a 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_info.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/storage_info.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace storage {
 
 storage_version_t StorageVersionInfo::getStorageVersion() {
     auto storageVersionInfo = getStorageVersionInfo();
-    if (!storageVersionInfo.contains(KUZU_STORAGE_VERSION)) {
-        // If the current KUZU_STORAGE_VERSION is not in the map,
+    if (!storageVersionInfo.contains(KUZU_CMAKE_VERSION)) {
+        // If the current KUZU_CMAKE_VERSION is not in the map,
         // then we must run the newest version of kuzu
         // LCOV_EXCL_START
         storage_version_t maxVersion = 0;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ storage_version_t StorageVersionInfo::getStorageVersion() {
         return maxVersion;
         // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
     }
-    return storageVersionInfo.at(KUZU_STORAGE_VERSION);
+    return storageVersionInfo.at(KUZU_CMAKE_VERSION);
 }
 
 } // namespace storage