diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 431407912039089324088d6e0e18cfa94b1a17e9..a0718687da83e67c1be357016e28e5a4ee2efdd1 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'hoe'
+require 'erb'
+require './lib/fox16/version.rb'
 
 # FXRuby version number
-PKG_VERSION = "1.6.19"
+PKG_VERSION = Fox.fxrubyversion
 
 Hoe.new("FXRuby", PKG_VERSION) do |p|
   # ... project specific data ...