diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 19e6330..2a4f3f6 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ builds:
     env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     asmflags:
-      - all=-trimpath={{.Env.GOPATH}}
+      - all=-trimpath
     gcflags:
-      - all=-trimpath={{.Env.GOPATH}}
+      - all=-trimpath
     ldflags: |
-      -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -extldflags '-static'
+      -s -w -X github.com/ffuf/ffuf/pkg/ffuf.VERSION_APPENDIX= -extldflags '-static'
     goos:
       - linux
       - windows
diff --git a/pkg/ffuf/const.go b/pkg/ffuf/const.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fa761be..0000000
--- a/pkg/ffuf/const.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package ffuf
-
-const (
-	//VERSION holds the current version number
-	VERSION          = "1.3.0-git"
-	VERSION_APPENDIX = ""
-)
diff --git a/pkg/ffuf/version.go b/pkg/ffuf/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81503e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ffuf/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package ffuf
+
+var (
+	//VERSION holds the current version number
+	VERSION = "1.3.0"
+	//VERSION_APPENDIX holds additional version definition
+	VERSION_APPENDIX = "-dev"
+)