diff --git a/contrib/get_browsh_version.sh b/contrib/get_browsh_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..47d2c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/get_browsh_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set -e
+
+PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+version_file=$PROJECT_ROOT/interfacer/src/browsh/version.go
+line=$(cat $version_file | grep 'browshVersion')
+version=$(echo $line | grep -o '".*"' | sed 's/"//g')
+echo -n $version
diff --git a/contrib/release_if_new_version.sh b/contrib/release_if_new_version.sh
index 8774c3c..ac0d71b 100755
--- a/contrib/release_if_new_version.sh
+++ b/contrib/release_if_new_version.sh
@@ -3,28 +3,26 @@
 set -e
 
 PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-manifest=$PROJECT_ROOT/webext/manifest.json
-line=$(cat $manifest | grep '"version"')
-manifest_version=$(echo $line | grep -o '".*"' | cut -d " " -f 2 | sed 's/"//g')
 
+browsh_version=$($PROJECT_ROOT/contrib/get_browsh_version.sh)
 latest_tagged_version=$(git tag --sort=v:refname --list 'v*.*.*' | tail -n1 | sed -e "s/^v//")
 
-echo "manifest.json version: $manifest_version"
+echo "Browsh version: $browsh_version"
 echo "Latest tag: $latest_tagged_version"
 
-if [[ "$manifest_version" == "$latest_tagged_version" ]]; then
+if [[ "$browsh_version" == "$latest_tagged_version" ]]; then
   echo "Not running release as there's no new version."
   exit 0
 fi
 
-git tag v$manifest_version
-git show v$manifest_version --quiet
+git tag v$browsh_version
+git show v$browsh_version --quiet
 git config --global user.email "builds@travis-ci.com"
 git config --global user.name "Travis CI"
 # `/dev/null` needed to prevent Github token appearing in logs
 git push --tags --quiet https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/browsh-org/browsh > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-git reset --hard v$manifest_version
+git reset --hard v$browsh_version
 
 cd $PROJECT_ROOT/webext
 BROWSH_ENV=RELEASE npm run build
@@ -35,8 +33,8 @@ curl -sL http://git.io/goreleaser | bash
 cd $HOME
 git clone https://github.com/browsh-org/www.brow.sh.git
 cd www.brow.sh
-echo "latest_version: $manifest_version" > _data/browsh.yml
+echo "latest_version: $browsh_version" > _data/browsh.yml
 git add _data/browsh.yml
-git commit -m "(Travis CI) Updated Browsh version to $manifest_version"
+git commit -m "(Travis CI) Updated Browsh version to $browsh_version"
 # `/dev/null` needed to prevent Github token appearing in logs
 git push --quiet https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/browsh-org/www.brow.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/interfacer/contrib/setup_browsh.sh b/interfacer/contrib/setup_browsh.sh
index 2f0ddd2..52b93e0 100755
--- a/interfacer/contrib/setup_browsh.sh
+++ b/interfacer/contrib/setup_browsh.sh
@@ -10,15 +10,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ ! -f manifest.json ]; then
-  PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/webext
-else
-  PROJECT_ROOT=.
-fi
-manifest=$PROJECT_ROOT/manifest.json
-
-line=$(cat $manifest | grep '"version"')
-version=$(echo $line | grep -o '".*"' | cut -d " " -f 2 | sed 's/"//g')
+PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+version=$($PROJECT_ROOT/contrib/get_browsh_version.sh)
 
 base='https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/releases/download'
 release_url="$base/v$version/browsh_${version}_linux_amd64"
diff --git a/interfacer/src/browsh/version.go b/interfacer/src/browsh/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb90a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interfacer/src/browsh/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package browsh
+
+var browshVersion = "1.4.1"
diff --git a/webext/contrib/bundle_webextension.sh b/webext/contrib/bundle_webextension.sh
index 4dbf103..1a700bb 100755
--- a/webext/contrib/bundle_webextension.sh
+++ b/webext/contrib/bundle_webextension.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ cd $PROJECT_ROOT/webext && $NODE_BIN/webpack
 cd $PROJECT_ROOT/webext/dist && rm *.map
 $NODE_BIN/web-ext build --overwrite-dest
 
-# Get the current version of Browsh
-version=$(cat $PROJECT_ROOT/webext/manifest.json | python2 -c \
-  'import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)["version"]'
-)
+version=$($PROJECT_ROOT/contrib/get_browsh_version.sh)
 
 xpi_file=browsh-$version-an+fx.xpi
 zip_file=browsh-$version.zip
diff --git a/webext/manifest.json b/webext/manifest.json
index 5a52754..bd6dc0f 100644
--- a/webext/manifest.json
+++ b/webext/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "name": "Browsh",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "BROWSH_VERSION",
 
   "description": "Renders the browser as realtime, interactive, TTY-compatible text",
 
diff --git a/webext/webpack.config.js b/webext/webpack.config.js
index f1d0fa4..61ee93b 100644
--- a/webext/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webext/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const path = require('path');
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
 module.exports = {
   mode: process.env['BROWSH_ENV'] === 'RELEASE' ? 'production' : 'development',
@@ -29,8 +30,17 @@ module.exports = {
     }),
     new CopyWebpackPlugin([
       { from: 'assets', to: 'dist/assets' },
-      { from: 'manifest.json', to: 'dist/' },
       { from: '.web-extension-id', to: 'dist/' },
+      { from: 'manifest.json', to: 'dist/',
+        // Inject the current Browsh version into the manifest JSON
+        transform(manifest, _) {
+          const version_path = '../interfacer/src/browsh/version.go';
+          let buffer = fs.readFileSync(version_path);
+          let version_contents = buffer.toString();
+          const matches = version_contents.match(/"(.*?)"/);
+          return manifest.toString().replace('BROWSH_VERSION', matches[1]);
+        }
+      },
     ])
   ]
 };