diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5274f32d..521aafd1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 # VERSION=$(shell git describe | sed 's/^v//')
-VERSION=0.11.7
+VERSION=0.11.8
 
 DOCKER=podman
 
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ pkgs:
 
 CONTAINER=docker.io/trustgraph/trustgraph-flow
 
-container:
+update-package-versions:
+	echo __version__ = \"${VERSION}\" > trustgraph-core/trustgraph/core_version.py
+	echo __version__ = \"${VERSION}\" > trustgraph-embeddings-hf/trustgraph/embeddings_hf_version.py
+
+container: update-package-versions
 	${DOCKER} build -f Containerfile -t ${CONTAINER}:${VERSION} \
 	    --format docker
 
diff --git a/trustgraph-core/setup.py b/trustgraph-core/setup.py
index 3965b4f0..404bb26b 100644
--- a/trustgraph-core/setup.py
+++ b/trustgraph-core/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import setuptools
 import os
+import importlib
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-version = "0.11.7"
+# Load a version number module
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    'version', 'trustgraph/core_version.py'
+)
+version_module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(version_module)
+
+version = version_module.__version__
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="trustgraph-core",
diff --git a/trustgraph-embeddings-hf/setup.py b/trustgraph-embeddings-hf/setup.py
index 82683e18..d473e2d5 100644
--- a/trustgraph-embeddings-hf/setup.py
+++ b/trustgraph-embeddings-hf/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import setuptools
 import os
+import importlib
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-version = "0.11.6"
+# Load a version number module
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    'version', 'trustgraph/embeddings_hf_version.py'
+)
+version_module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(version_module)
+
+version = version_module.__version__
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="trustgraph-embeddings-hf",