diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f78855290..6df4975b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -508,9 +508,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install zig
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # Get the zig version from build.zig so that it only needs to be updated
-          $fileContent = Get-Content -Path "build.zig" -Raw
-          $pattern = 'buildpkg\.requireZig\("(.*?)"\);'
+          # Get the zig version from build.zig.zon so that it only needs to be updated
+          $fileContent = Get-Content -Path "build.zig.zon" -Raw
+          $pattern = 'minimum_zig_version\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"'
           $zigVersion = [regex]::Match($fileContent, $pattern).Groups[1].Value
           $version = "zig-x86_64-windows-$zigVersion"
           Write-Output $version
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get required Zig version
         id: zig
         run: |
-          echo "version=$(sed -n -e 's/^.*requireZig("\(.*\)").*$/\1/p' build.zig)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "version=$(sed -n -E 's/^\s*\.?minimum_zig_version\s*=\s*"([^"]+)".*/\1/p' build.zig.zon)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Setup Cache
         uses: namespacelabs/nscloud-cache-action@7baedde84bbf5063413d621f282834bc2654d0c1 # v1.2.18
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 7b66af81a..205896390 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const buildpkg = @import("src/build/main.zig");
+const appVersion = @import("build.zig.zon").version;
+const minimumZigVersion = @import("build.zig.zon").minimum_zig_version;
 
 comptime {
-    buildpkg.requireZig("0.15.1");
+    buildpkg.requireZig(minimumZigVersion);
 }
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     // This defines all the available build options (e.g. `-D`). If you
     // want to know what options are available, you can run `--help` or
     // you can read `src/build/Config.zig`.
-    const config = try buildpkg.Config.init(b);
+
+    const config = try buildpkg.Config.init(b, appVersion);
     const test_filters = b.option(
         [][]const u8,
         "test-filter",
diff --git a/src/build/Config.zig b/src/build/Config.zig
index 643dfe928..745fc926f 100644
--- a/src/build/Config.zig
+++ b/src/build/Config.zig
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ const expandPath = @import("../os/path.zig").expand;
 const gtk = @import("gtk.zig");
 const GitVersion = @import("GitVersion.zig");
 
-/// The version of the next release.
-///
-/// TODO: When Zig 0.14 is released, derive this from build.zig.zon directly.
-/// Until then this MUST match build.zig.zon and should always be the
-/// _next_ version to release.
-const app_version: std.SemanticVersion = .{ .major = 1, .minor = 2, .patch = 1 };
-
 /// Standard build configuration options.
 optimize: std.builtin.OptimizeMode,
 target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget,
@@ -69,7 +62,7 @@ emit_unicode_table_gen: bool = false,
 /// Environmental properties
 env: std.process.EnvMap,
 
-pub fn init(b: *std.Build) !Config {
+pub fn init(b: *std.Build, appVersion: []const u8) !Config {
     // Setup our standard Zig target and optimize options, i.e.
     // `-Doptimize` and `-Dtarget`.
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
@@ -217,6 +210,7 @@ pub fn init(b: *std.Build) !Config {
         // If an explicit version is given, we always use it.
         try std.SemanticVersion.parse(v)
     else version: {
+        const app_version = try std.SemanticVersion.parse(appVersion);
         // If no explicit version is given, we try to detect it from git.
         const vsn = GitVersion.detect(b) catch |err| switch (err) {
             // If Git isn't available we just make an unknown dev version.
diff --git a/src/build/docker/debian/Dockerfile b/src/build/docker/debian/Dockerfile
index 815d395cd..ffeef3d6a 100644
--- a/src/build/docker/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/build/docker/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get -qq update && \
 
 WORKDIR /src
 
-COPY ./build.zig /src
+COPY ./build.zig ./build.zig.zon /src/
 
 # Install zig
 # https://ziglang.org/download/
 
-RUN export ZIG_VERSION=$(sed -n -e 's/^.*requireZig("\(.*\)").*$/\1/p' build.zig) && curl -L -o /tmp/zig.tar.xz "https://ziglang.org/download/$ZIG_VERSION/zig-$(uname -m)-linux-$ZIG_VERSION.tar.xz" && \
+RUN export ZIG_VERSION=$(sed -n -E 's/^\s*\.?minimum_zig_version\s*=\s*"([^"]+)".*/\1/p' build.zig.zon) && curl -L -o /tmp/zig.tar.xz "https://ziglang.org/download/$ZIG_VERSION/zig-$(uname -m)-linux-$ZIG_VERSION.tar.xz" && \
     tar -xf /tmp/zig.tar.xz -C /opt && \
     rm /tmp/zig.tar.xz && \
     ln -s "/opt/zig-$(uname -m)-linux-$ZIG_VERSION/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
@@ -41,4 +41,3 @@ RUN zig build \
     -Dcpu=baseline
 
 RUN ./zig-out/bin/ghostty +version
-