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diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 6ec2b2567e..7911e46166 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=$(cd "$1" && git describe --always 2> /dev/null)
test "$revision" && revision=git-$revision
# no revision number found
-test "$revision" || revision=UNKNOWN
+test "$revision" || revision=$(cd "$1" && cat RELEASE 2> /dev/null)
# releases extract the version number from the VERSION file
version=$(cd "$1" && cat VERSION 2> /dev/null)