diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index c5d54ec..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.0.9
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index 744a3e9..dfe42e6 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             [deps-deploy.deps-deploy :as dd]))
 
 (def lib 'org.clojars.some/depo)
-(def version (str/trim (slurp "VERSION")))
+(def version (str/trim (slurp "resources/VERSION")))
 (def jar-file (format "target/%s-%s.jar" (name lib) version))
 (def class-dir "target/classes")
 (def url "https://github.com/somecho/depo.git")
diff --git a/resources/VERSION b/resources/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c1886b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.10
diff --git a/src/depo/core.clj b/src/depo/core.clj
index fd7eb84..b3cbe40 100644
--- a/src/depo/core.clj
+++ b/src/depo/core.clj
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 (def CONFIGURATION
   {:command "depo"
    :description "manage Clojure dependencies easily"
-   :version (str/trim (slurp "VERSION"))
+   :version (str/trim (slurp "resources/VERSION"))
    :opts [{:as "path to configuration file"
            :default nil
            :option "file"