diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87065b835ae..d9ad458d802 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2023 The Falco Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 # the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${FALCO_EXTRA_DEBUG_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG")
 
-include(GetFalcoVersion)
-
 set(PACKAGE_NAME "falco")
 set(DRIVER_NAME "falco")
 set(DRIVER_DEVICE_NAME "falco")
@@ -147,6 +145,9 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 # libs
 include(falcosecurity-libs)
 
+# compute FALCO_VERSION (depends on libs)
+include(falco-version)
+
 # jq
 include(jq)
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/GetFalcoVersion.cmake b/cmake/modules/GetFalcoVersion.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index cd9e5bf3fd5..00000000000
--- a/cmake/modules/GetFalcoVersion.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-#
-
-# Retrieve git ref and commit hash
-include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
-
-# Create the falco version variable according to git index
-if(NOT FALCO_VERSION)
-  # Try to obtain the exact git tag
-  git_get_exact_tag(FALCO_TAG)
-  if(NOT FALCO_TAG)
-      # Obtain the closest tag
-      git_describe(FALCO_VERSION "--always" "--tags" "--abbrev=7")
-      string(REGEX MATCH "^[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$" FALCO_TAG ${FALCO_VERSION})
-      if(FALCO_VERSION MATCHES "NOTFOUND$" OR FALCO_TAG STREQUAL "")
-        # Fetch current hash
-        get_git_head_revision(refspec FALCO_HASH)
-        if(NOT FALCO_HASH OR FALCO_HASH MATCHES "NOTFOUND$")
-          set(FALCO_VERSION "0.0.0")
-        else()
-          # Obtain the closest tag
-          git_get_latest_tag(FALCO_LATEST_TAG)
-          if(NOT FALCO_LATEST_TAG OR FALCO_LATEST_TAG MATCHES "NOTFOUND$")
-            set(FALCO_VERSION "0.0.0")
-          else()
-            # Compute commit delta since tag
-            git_get_delta_from_tag(FALCO_DELTA ${FALCO_LATEST_TAG} ${FALCO_HASH})
-            if(NOT FALCO_DELTA OR FALCO_DELTA MATCHES "NOTFOUND$")
-              set(FALCO_VERSION "0.0.0")
-            else()
-              # Cut hash to 7 bytes
-              string(SUBSTRING ${FALCO_HASH} 0 7 FALCO_HASH)
-              # Format FALCO_VERSION to be semver with prerelease and build part
-              set(FALCO_VERSION
-                    "${FALCO_LATEST_TAG}-${FALCO_DELTA}+${FALCO_HASH}")
-            endif()
-          endif()
-        endif()
-      endif()
-      # Format FALCO_VERSION to be semver with prerelease and build part
-      string(REPLACE "-g" "+" FALCO_VERSION "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-  else()
-    # A tag has been found: use it as the Falco version
-    set(FALCO_VERSION "${FALCO_TAG}")
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-# Remove the starting "v" in case there is one
-string(REGEX REPLACE "^v(.*)" "\\1" FALCO_VERSION "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-
-# TODO(leodido) > ensure Falco version is semver before extracting parts Populate partial version variables
-string(REGEX MATCH "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)" FALCO_VERSION_MAJOR "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\..*" "\\2" FALCO_VERSION_MINOR "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*).*" "\\3" FALCO_VERSION_PATCH
-                     "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-string(
-  REGEX
-  REPLACE
-    "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)-((0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*).*"
-    "\\5"
-    FALCO_VERSION_PRERELEASE
-    "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-
-if(FALCO_VERSION_PRERELEASE STREQUAL "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-  set(FALCO_VERSION_PRERELEASE "")
-endif()
-if(NOT FALCO_VERSION_BUILD)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ".*\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*)" "\\1" FALCO_VERSION_BUILD "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-endif()
-if(FALCO_VERSION_BUILD STREQUAL "${FALCO_VERSION}")
-  set(FALCO_VERSION_BUILD "")
-endif()
-
-message(STATUS "Falco version: ${FALCO_VERSION}")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/falco-version.cmake b/cmake/modules/falco-version.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e68bbe4f1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/falco-version.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Retrieve git ref and commit hash
+include(GetVersionFromGit)
+
+# Get Falco version variable according to git index
+if(NOT FALCO_VERSION)
+  set(FALCO_VERSION "0.0.0")
+  get_version_from_git(FALCO_VERSION "" "")
+endif()
+
+# Remove the starting "v" in case there is one
+string(REGEX REPLACE "^v(.*)" "\\1" FALCO_VERSION "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+
+string(REGEX MATCH "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)" FALCO_VERSION_MAJOR "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\..*" "\\2" FALCO_VERSION_MINOR "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*).*" "\\3" FALCO_VERSION_PATCH
+                     "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+string(
+  REGEX
+  REPLACE
+    "^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)-((0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*).*"
+    "\\5"
+    FALCO_VERSION_PRERELEASE
+    "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+
+if(FALCO_VERSION_PRERELEASE STREQUAL "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+  set(FALCO_VERSION_PRERELEASE "")
+endif()
+if(NOT FALCO_VERSION_BUILD)
+  string(REGEX REPLACE ".*\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*)" "\\1" FALCO_VERSION_BUILD "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+endif()
+if(FALCO_VERSION_BUILD STREQUAL "${FALCO_VERSION}")
+  set(FALCO_VERSION_BUILD "")
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Falco version: ${FALCO_VERSION}")