diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a896ec88..6f772e09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES)
 
 # read 'version' file into a variable (stripping any newlines or spaces)
-file(READ version versionFile)
+file(READ simgear-version versionFile)
 string(STRIP ${versionFile} SIMGEAR_VERSION)
 
 project(SimGear VERSION ${SIMGEAR_VERSION} LANGUAGES C CXX)
diff --git a/version b/simgear-version
similarity index 100%
rename from version
rename to simgear-version