diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1cf9bc1b..428916d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ GO_SRCS := $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go' -a ! \( -name 'zz_generated*' -o
 GO_TESTS := $(shell find . -type f -name '*_test.go')
 TAG_NAME = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exact-match 2>/dev/null)
 GIT_COMMIT = $(shell git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
-K0SCTL_VERSION = $(or ${TAG_NAME},dev)
 ifdef TAG_NAME
 	ENVIRONMENT = production
 endif
 ENVIRONMENT ?= development
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 
-LD_FLAGS = -s -w -X github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/version.Environment=$(ENVIRONMENT) -X github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/version.GitCommit=$(GIT_COMMIT) -X github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/version.Version=$(K0SCTL_VERSION)
+LD_FLAGS = -s -w -X github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/version.Environment=$(ENVIRONMENT) -X github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo.Revision=$(GIT_COMMIT) -X github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo.Version=$(TAG_NAME)
 BUILD_FLAGS = -trimpath -a -tags "netgo,osusergo,static_build" -installsuffix netgo -ldflags "$(LD_FLAGS) -extldflags '-static'"
 
 k0sctl: $(GO_SRCS)
@@ -81,4 +80,4 @@ test: $(GO_SRCS) $(GO_TESTS)
 .PHONY: install
 install: k0sctl
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
-	install -m 755 k0sctl $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
\ No newline at end of file
+	install -m 755 k0sctl $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bbe279fc..6e418d39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -100,3 +100,5 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
+
+replace github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo => github.com/kke/versioninfo v0.0.0-20230802075057-8c93d82afe5b
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8c5605e3..12d9bb8d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.6.0 h1:HTuxyug8GyFbRkrffIpzNCSK4luc0TY3wzXvz
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.6.0/go.mod h1:xBQ8jztBU6kakFMg+8WGxn0c6z1fTSPVIjEY1Wr7jzc=
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 h1:DDGfHa7BWjL4YnC6+E63dPcxHo2sUxDIu8g3QgEJdRY=
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869/go.mod h1:Ekp36dRnpXw/yCqJaO+ZrUyxD+3VXMFFr56k5XYrpB4=
-github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo v0.22.4 h1:AucUHDSKmk6j7Yx3dECGUxaowGHOAN0Zx5/EBtsXn4Y=
-github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo v0.22.4/go.mod h1:QT9mph3wcVfISUKd0i9sZfVrPviHuSF+cUtLjm2WSf8=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.17 h1:QeVUsEDNrLBW4tMgZHvxy18sKtr6VI492kBhUfhDJNI=
@@ -126,6 +124,8 @@ github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 h1:x584FjTGwHzMwvHx18PXxbBVzfnxogHaAReU4
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0/go.mod h1:CT57kijsi8u/K/BOFA39wgDQJ9CxiF4nAY/ojJ6r6mM=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/kke/versioninfo v0.0.0-20230802075057-8c93d82afe5b h1:4/phMKkkDufarRagZpMTL1EHU6Oj/Vr9izfuo9zsNKc=
+github.com/kke/versioninfo v0.0.0-20230802075057-8c93d82afe5b/go.mod h1:QT9mph3wcVfISUKd0i9sZfVrPviHuSF+cUtLjm2WSf8=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 16390efe..e493bac6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/analytics"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/cmd"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	// blank import to make sure versioninfo is included in the binary
+	_ "github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo"
+	// blank import to make sure versioninfo is included in the binary
+	_ "github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl/version"
 )
 
 func handlepanic() {