diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/main.go b/v2/cmd/wails/main.go
index 9067d01e7..e96fa3e3d 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/wails/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ func fatal(message string) {
 func main() {
 
 	var err error
-	version := "v2.0.0-alpha"
 
 	app := clir.NewCli("Wails", "Go/HTML Application Framework", version)
 
diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/version.go b/v2/cmd/wails/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bd99ffb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package main
+
+var version = "v2.0.0-alpha.4"