diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cfa0146bb15a6fc0d4f12a81fcadd6ab32b01121..dd4770ad7205fee41800c3b1cac37eee02b9be00 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if(GIT_EXE)
             message("WARNING: Tag does not match configured Zig version")
         endif()
     else()
-        set(ZIG_VERSION "${ZIG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ZIG_VERSION_MINOR}.${ZIG_VERSION_PATCH}.${ZIG_GIT_REV}")
+        set(ZIG_VERSION "${ZIG_VERSION}+${ZIG_GIT_REV}")
     endif()
 endif()
 message("Configuring zig version ${ZIG_VERSION}")