diff --git a/utils/debian/update_changelog.sh b/utils/debian/update_changelog.sh
index 7b614365bcae8817cc4bc4a0f38186c8ac4ef973..e27f7a402157e22516cf9cc50748e5f1c84c2274 100755
--- a/utils/debian/update_changelog.sh
+++ b/utils/debian/update_changelog.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ set -e
 distro=${1:-xenial}
 version="$(git describe|sed 's/^v//;s/-/./;s/-/~/')~$distro"
 
+sed -i "s/^set(copyq_version .*)$/set(copyq_version \"v$version\")/" version.cmake
+grep -Fq "\"v$version\"" version.cmake
+
 git checkout HEAD debian/control debian/rules
 sed -i 's/debhelper .*,/debhelper (>= 9),/' 'debian/control'
 sed -i 's/Standards-Version:.*/Standards-Version: 3.9.7/' 'debian/control'