diff --git a/VortexEngine/VortexLib/Makefile b/VortexEngine/VortexLib/Makefile
index c136b665bd..80d0337572 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/VortexLib/Makefile
+++ b/VortexEngine/VortexLib/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ ifndef WASM
 CFLAGS += -g
 endif
 
+# Determine the current version based on Git tags
+VORTEX_VERSION_MAJOR ?= $(shell git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* &> /dev/null && git tag --list | grep -E "^[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\$$" | sort -V | tail -n1 | cut -d. -f1)
+VORTEX_VERSION_MINOR ?= $(shell git tag --list | grep -E "^[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\$$" | sort -V | tail -n1 | cut -d. -f2)
+VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER ?= $(shell git rev-list --count HEAD)
+
+# If no tags are found, default to 0.1.0
+VORTEX_VERSION_MAJOR := $(if $(VORTEX_VERSION_MAJOR),$(VORTEX_VERSION_MAJOR),0)
+VORTEX_VERSION_MINOR := $(if $(VORTEX_VERSION_MINOR),$(VORTEX_VERSION_MINOR),1)
+VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER := $(if $(VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER),$(VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER),0)
+
+VORTEX_VERSION_NUMBER ?= $(VORTEX_VERSION_MAJOR).$(VORTEX_VERSION_MINOR).$(VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER)
+
 # compiler defines
 DEFINES=\
 	-D VORTEX_LIB \
diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h b/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h
index 360c5582d6..37f0a73f5e 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/VortexConfig.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER 0
 #endif
 
-// produces a number like 1.0
+// produces a number like 1.0.0
 #ifndef VORTEX_VERSION_NUMBER
 #define VORTEX_VERSION_NUMBER VORTEX_VERSION_MAJOR.VORTEX_VERSION_MINOR.VORTEX_BUILD_NUMBER
 #endif