diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c4d76ee..7e849296 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ OpenRGB
 openrgb
 OpenRGB-x86_64.AppImage
 60-openrgb.rules
+debian/changelog
+fedora/OpenRGB.spec
 
 # Directories
 .build/
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 90381c2e..f64907fc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ before_script:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/openrgbdevelopers/openrgb-linux-ci-deb-builder:buster-32
   stage: build
   script:
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh debian/changelog
   - dpkg-architecture -l
   - dpkg-buildpackage --target-arch i386 -us -B
   - rm -v ../openrgb-dbgsym*.*deb
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ before_script:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/openrgbdevelopers/openrgb-linux-ci-deb-builder:buster-64
   stage: build
   script:
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh debian/changelog
   - dpkg-architecture -l
   - dpkg-buildpackage -us -B
   - rm -v ../openrgb-dbgsym*.*deb
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ before_script:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/openrgbdevelopers/openrgb-linux-ci-deb-builder:bullseye-32
   stage: build
   script:
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh debian/changelog
   - dpkg-architecture -l
   - dpkg-buildpackage --target-arch i386 -us -B
   - rm -v ../openrgb-dbgsym*.*deb
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ before_script:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/openrgbdevelopers/openrgb-linux-ci-deb-builder:bullseye-64
   stage: build
   script:
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh debian/changelog
   - dpkg-architecture -l
   - dpkg-buildpackage -us -B
   - rm -v ../openrgb-dbgsym*.*deb
@@ -221,6 +225,7 @@ before_script:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/openrgbdevelopers/openrgb-linux-ci-deb-builder:bookworm-32
   stage: build
   script:
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh debian/changelog
   - dpkg-architecture -l
   - dpkg-buildpackage --target-arch i386 -us -B
   - rm -v ../openrgb-dbgsym*.deb
@@ -249,6 +254,7 @@ before_script:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/openrgbdevelopers/openrgb-linux-ci-deb-builder:bookworm-64
   stage: build
   script:
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh debian/changelog
   - dpkg-architecture -l
   - dpkg-buildpackage -us -B
   - rm -v ../openrgb-dbgsym*.deb
@@ -278,6 +284,7 @@ before_script:
   script:
   - dnf install rpmdevtools dnf-plugins-core -y
   - rpmdev-setuptree
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh fedora/OpenRGB.spec
   - ls /root/
   - cp fedora/OpenRGB.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS
   - cp ../OpenRGB /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ -r
@@ -310,8 +317,9 @@ before_script:
   image: fedora:36
   stage: build
   script:
-  - dnf install rpmdevtools dnf-plugins-core libcurl-devel -y
+  - dnf install rpmdevtools dnf-plugins-core libcurl-devel qt5-qtbase-devel -y
   - rpmdev-setuptree
+  - ./scripts/build-package-files.sh fedora/OpenRGB.spec
   - ls /root/
   - cp fedora/OpenRGB.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS
   - cp ../OpenRGB /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ -r
diff --git a/OpenRGB.pro b/OpenRGB.pro
index 587dddb4..f5f84123 100644
--- a/OpenRGB.pro
+++ b/OpenRGB.pro
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) {
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Application Configuration                                                                     #
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-VERSION     = 0.81
+MAJOR       = 0
+MINOR       = 8
+REVISION    = 1
+VERSION     = $$MAJOR"."$$MINOR$$REVISION
 TARGET      = OpenRGB
 TEMPLATE    = app
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog.in
similarity index 74%
rename from debian/changelog
rename to debian/changelog.in
index fb0fef91..e7f8b732 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-openrgb (0.81.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+openrgb (__VERSION__) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Builds from git master.  See git history for more information.
 
diff --git a/fedora/OpenRGB.spec b/fedora/OpenRGB.spec.in
similarity index 98%
rename from fedora/OpenRGB.spec
rename to fedora/OpenRGB.spec.in
index b67de899..169160cb 100644
--- a/fedora/OpenRGB.spec
+++ b/fedora/OpenRGB.spec.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global _name OpenRGB
 
 Name:           openrgb
-Version:        0.8.1
+Version:        __VERSION__
 Release:        0%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open source RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-package-files.sh b/scripts/build-package-files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7d08f3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-package-files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+PROJECT_FILE="OpenRGB.pro"
+VERSION_PATTERN="__VERSION__"
+INFILE_SUFFIX=".in"
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR! No file give to parse."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+INFILE_PATH=${1}${INFILE_SUFFIX}
+
+if [ -e ${INFILE_PATH} ]; then
+    echo "ERROR! Source file ${INFILE_PATH} missing."
+fi
+
+if [ -e ${1} ]; then
+    echo "Warning: File ${1} exists and will be overwritten"
+fi
+
+MAJOR=$(grep MAJOR\  ${PROJECT_FILE} | cut -d= -f 2 | tr -d [:space:])
+MINOR=$(grep MINOR\  ${PROJECT_FILE} | cut -d= -f 2 | tr -d [:space:])
+REVISION=$(grep REVISION\  ${PROJECT_FILE} | cut -d= -f 2 | tr -d [:space:])
+
+#Convert Revision to a nummber in case it is blank in the project file
+REVISION=$(( ${REVISION} + 0 ))
+
+PACKAGE_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${REVISION}"
+
+sed -e "s/${VERSION_PATTERN}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/g" ${INFILE_PATH} > ${1}