diff --git a/scripts/build_darwin.sh b/scripts/build_darwin.sh
index 114240e3..381bcba5 100755
--- a/scripts/build_darwin.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_darwin.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-export VERSION=${VERSION:-0.0.0}
+export VERSION=${VERSION:-$(git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=7 --long --dirty --always | sed -e "s/^v//g")}
 export GOFLAGS="'-ldflags=-w -s \"-X=github.com/jmorganca/ollama/version.Version=$VERSION\" \"-X=github.com/jmorganca/ollama/server.mode=release\"'"
 
 mkdir -p dist
diff --git a/scripts/build_docker.sh b/scripts/build_docker.sh
index 74a9ac84..ef02a144 100755
--- a/scripts/build_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_docker.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-export VERSION=${VERSION:-0.0.0}
+export VERSION=${VERSION:-$(git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=7 --long --dirty --always | sed -e "s/^v//g")}
 export GOFLAGS="'-ldflags=-w -s \"-X=github.com/jmorganca/ollama/version.Version=$VERSION\" \"-X=github.com/jmorganca/ollama/server.mode=release\"'"
 
 docker build \
diff --git a/scripts/build_linux.sh b/scripts/build_linux.sh
index 75018837..338dbcd5 100755
--- a/scripts/build_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_linux.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-export VERSION=${VERSION:-0.0.0}
+export VERSION=${VERSION:-$(git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=7 --long --dirty --always | sed -e "s/^v//g")}
 export GOFLAGS="'-ldflags=-w -s \"-X=github.com/jmorganca/ollama/version.Version=$VERSION\" \"-X=github.com/jmorganca/ollama/server.mode=release\"'"
 
 BUILD_ARCH=${BUILD_ARCH:-"amd64 arm64"}