diff --git a/.github/config.env b/.github/config.env
index 792adbfeb..a1c54f407 100644
--- a/.github/config.env
+++ b/.github/config.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+PROJECT_VERSION=5.4
 JAVA_VERSION=17
 JAVA_DISTRIBUTION=temurin
 MAVEN_VERSION=3.9.9
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85b58b2af..39a4ed3b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.github/config.env" ENV_FILE_CONTENTS)
+string(REGEX REPLACE ".*PROJECT_VERSION=([^\n\r]*).*" "\\1" PROJECT_VERSION "${ENV_FILE_CONTENTS}")
+message(STATUS "PROJECT_VERSION = ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+
 project(hazelcast-cpp-client
-        VERSION 5.3
+        VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
         DESCRIPTION "Hazelcast C++ Client"
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 71591f6a5..a6f9ceb22 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.github/config.env" ENV_FILE_CONTENTS)
+string(REGEX REPLACE ".*PROJECT_VERSION=([^\n\r]*).*" "\\1" PROJECT_VERSION "${ENV_FILE_CONTENTS}")
+message(STATUS "PROJECT_VERSION = ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+
 project (hazelcast-cpp-client-examples
-         VERSION 5.3
+         VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
          DESCRIPTION "Hazelcast C++ Client Code Examples"
          LANGUAGES CXX)