diff --git a/tools/windows/idf_exe/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/windows/idf_exe/CMakeLists.txt
index ba7e940af7..7693412e91 100644
--- a/tools/windows/idf_exe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/windows/idf_exe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(idfexe)
 
-set(VERSION 1.0)
+set(VERSION 1.0.1)
 set(ARCHIVE_NAME idf-exe-v${VERSION}.zip)
 
 add_executable(idf idf_main.c)
+target_compile_definitions(idf PRIVATE -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\")
 set_target_properties(idf PROPERTIES C_STANDARD 99)
 target_link_libraries(idf "-lshlwapi")
 
diff --git a/tools/windows/idf_exe/idf_main.c b/tools/windows/idf_exe/idf_main.c
index f17fc7f41b..3a8e6dcfbb 100644
--- a/tools/windows/idf_exe/idf_main.c
+++ b/tools/windows/idf_exe/idf_main.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 #define LINESIZE 1024
-#define VERSION "1.0"
 
 static void fail(LPCSTR message, ...) __attribute__((noreturn));