diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6f2c373ad..f0d853703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
         cache: 'npm'
-    - run: npm ci
+    - run: |
+        npm ci
+        VERSION=`date +%y%m%d0`
+        sed -i -r -e "s/define VERSION .+/define VERSION $VERSION/" wled00/wled.h
     - name: Cache PlatformIO
       uses: actions/cache@v4
       with: