diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 7b66af81a..d9d2272c5 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ 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;
 
 comptime {
     buildpkg.requireZig("0.15.1");
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ 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.