diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 048be5e..bae7c67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,20 +8,24 @@ MAKEFILE_PATH := $(dir $(MAKEFILE_FILEPATH))
 CMAKE_COMMAND = cmake
 CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR = $(MAKEFILE_PATH)source
 CMAKE_BUILD_DIR = $(MAKEFILE_PATH)compile
-FILE_VERSION = VERSION.md
 DEPENDS = /bin/cmake
 PREFIX ?= /usr
 PKGNAME = $(MAKEFILE_DIR)
 
 default_target: all
 
-.PHONY: all init depend debug prepare check build uninstall install clean up_ver help
+.PHONY: all init depend debug prepare check build uninstall install clean help
 
 all: init build
 
 init:
 	@echo "Initialize ..."; \
-	sed -r "s/(version_application = ).*/\1\"$$(grep 'VERSION' ${FILE_VERSION} | cut -d" " -f2)\";/" -i source/ublexec.cc; \
+	if [ -d ".git" ]; then \
+	    LATEST_TAG=$$(git describe --tags | sed 's/^v//'); \
+	else \
+	    LATEST_TAG="0.0"; \
+	fi; \
+	sed -r "s/^(string version_application = ).*/\1\"$${LATEST_TAG}\";/" -i source/${PKGNAME}.cc; \
 	echo "-- Build path: ${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}"
 
 depend:
@@ -134,14 +138,6 @@ clean:
 	    echo "Clean: OK"; \
 	fi
 
-up_ver:
-	@CURRENT=$$(grep 'VERSION' ${FILE_VERSION} | cut -d" "  -f2); \
-	MAJOR=$$(cut -d. -f1 <<< $${CURRENT}); \
-	MINOR=$$(cut -d. -f2 <<< $${CURRENT}); \
-	VER="$${MAJOR}.$$(($${MINOR}+1))"; \
-	sed "s/VERSION *[[:digit:]]*.*/VERSION $${VER}/" -i ${FILE_VERSION}; \
-	echo "Updated version to VERSION.md: $${CURRENT} to $${VER}"
-
 help:
 	@echo "The following are some of the valid targets for this Makefile:"; \
 	echo "... all (the default if no target is provided)"; \
@@ -151,5 +147,4 @@ help:
 	echo "... compile"; \
 	echo "... install"; \
 	echo "... uninstall"; \
-	echo "... clean"; \
-	echo "... up_ver"
\ No newline at end of file
+	echo "... clean"
diff --git a/VERSION.md b/VERSION.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf5e95..0000000
--- a/VERSION.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION 2.25
diff --git a/source/ublexec.cc b/source/ublexec.cc
index de5769f..6a6573e 100644
--- a/source/ublexec.cc
+++ b/source/ublexec.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 int flag_prog_file = 0;
 string name_app_cmd = "";
-string version_application = "2.25";
+string version_application = "2.27";
 int socket_ext_id_I = 0;
 int socket_trd_id_I = 0;