diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02a0e420..c54b6450 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if (USE_VCPKG)
 endif()
 
 project(melonDS
-    VERSION 1.0.0
+    VERSION 1.0
     DESCRIPTION "DS emulator, sorta"
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://melonds.kuribo64.net"
     LANGUAGES C CXX)
diff --git a/res/melon.rc.in b/res/melon.rc.in
index eb437b32..299933cb 100644
--- a/res/melon.rc.in
+++ b/res/melon.rc.in
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 //include version information in .exe, modify these values to match your needs
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION ${melonDS_VERSION_MAJOR},${melonDS_VERSION_MINOR},${melonDS_VERSION_PATCH},0
-PRODUCTVERSION ${melonDS_VERSION_MAJOR},${melonDS_VERSION_MINOR},${melonDS_VERSION_PATCH},0
+FILEVERSION ${MELON_RC_VERSION}
+PRODUCTVERSION ${MELON_RC_VERSION}
 FILETYPE VFT_APP
 {
   BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index fa1fafd8..c2252b21 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ if (WIN32)
         target_compile_definitions(melonDS PRIVATE WIN32_PORTABLE)
     endif()
 
+    string(REPLACE . , MELON_RC_VERSION ${melonDS_VERSION})
     configure_file("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/res/melon.rc.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/res/melon.rc")
     target_sources(melonDS PUBLIC "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/res/melon.rc")
     target_include_directories(melonDS PRIVATE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/res")