diff --git a/.githooks/ensure_release_tag b/.githooks/ensure_release_tag
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7d1957564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/ensure_release_tag
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Pushing a release branch requires an annotated tag at the released commit
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+if [[ $branch =~ master ]]; then
+  # check if HEAD commit is tagged
+  if ! git describe --exact-match HEAD; then
+    echo "Commits to master must be tagged"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+elif [[ $branch =~ release/* ]]; then
+  IFS=/ read -r branch rel_ver <<< ${branch}
+  tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+  if [[ "${rel_ver}" != "${tag}" ]]; then
+    echo "release/${rel_ver} branches must have annotated tag ${rel_ver}"
+    echo "git tag -am\"${rel_ver}\" ${rel_ver}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index 81f0350cb..c53c897d2 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ changes=$(diff <(echo "$first") <(echo "$second") | wc -l | sed -e 's/^[[:space:
 if [ "$changes" != "0" ]; then
     cat <<\EOF
 
-                                   WARNING 
+                                   WARNING
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Automatically re-formatted code with `clang-format` - commit was aborted.
   Please manually add any updated files and commit again.
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ if [ "$changes" != "0" ]; then
 EOF
     exit 1
 fi
+
+.githooks/ensure_release_tag
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 556d22604..ff5ec5c81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,17 +32,19 @@ jobs:
 
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.type.image }}
-
+      # options: --user 1001
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           path: clio
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Clone Clio packaging repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           path: clio-packages
           repository: XRPLF/clio-packages
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Build
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00d8f38ed..fe31d1caa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ build/
 .vscode
 .python-version
 config.json
+src/main/impl/Build.cpp
diff --git a/src/main/impl/Build.cpp b/CMake/Build.cpp.in
similarity index 74%
rename from src/main/impl/Build.cpp
rename to CMake/Build.cpp.in
index b008b3eba..10feab5a7 100644
--- a/src/main/impl/Build.cpp
+++ b/CMake/Build.cpp.in
@@ -25,33 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace Build {
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  The build version number. You must edit this for each release
-//  and follow the format described at http://semver.org/
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// clang-format off
-char const* const versionString = "1.0.3"
-    // clang-format on
-    "+"
-#ifdef CLIO_BUILD
-    CLIO_BUILD
-#endif
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    ".DEBUG"
-#ifdef SANITIZER
-    "."
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef SANITIZER
-    BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(SANITIZER)
-#endif
-
-#ifdef PKG
-        "-release"
-#endif
-    ;
+static constexpr char versionString[] = "@VERSION@";
 
 std::string const&
 getClioVersionString()
diff --git a/CMake/ClioVersion.cmake b/CMake/ClioVersion.cmake
index b923ba9a4..c94c35591 100644
--- a/CMake/ClioVersion.cmake
+++ b/CMake/ClioVersion.cmake
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
 #[===================================================================[
-   read version from source
+   write version to source
 #]===================================================================]
 
-file (STRINGS src/main/impl/Build.cpp BUILD_INFO)
-foreach (line_ ${BUILD_INFO})
-  if (line_ MATCHES "versionString[ ]*=[ ]*\"(.+)\"")
-    set (clio_version ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-  endif ()
-endforeach ()
-if (clio_version)
-  message (STATUS "clio version: ${clio_version}")
-else ()
-  message (FATAL_ERROR "unable to determine clio version")
-endif ()
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} branch --show-current OUTPUT_VARIABLE BRANCH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+set(GIT_COMMAND describe --tags)
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} ${GIT_COMMAND} OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+set(VERSION "${VERSION}")
+
+if(NOT (BRANCH MATCHES master OR BRANCH MATCHES release/*)) # for develop and any other branch name YYYYMMDDHMS-<git-ref>
+  set(GIT_COMMAND rev-parse --short HEAD)
+  execute_process(COMMAND date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+  set(VERSION "${VERSION}-${DATE}")
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
+  set(VERSION "${VERSION}+DEBUG")
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Build version: ${VERSION}")
+set(clio_version "${VERSION}")
+
+configure_file(CMake/Build.cpp.in ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main/impl/Build.cpp)
diff --git a/CMake/coverage.cmake b/CMake/coverage.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5c2602d8..a4463a87d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,21 +14,7 @@ if(VERBOSE)
   set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE CACHE STRING "Verbose FetchContent()")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT GIT_COMMIT_HASH)
-  if(VERBOSE)
-    message("GIT_COMMIT_HASH not provided...looking for git")
-  endif()
-  find_package(Git)
-  if(Git_FOUND)
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short HEAD
-          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE git-ref)
-      if(git-ref)
-          set(BUILD "${git-ref}")
-          message(STATUS "Build version: ${BUILD}")
-          add_definitions(-DCLIO_BUILD="${BUILD}")
-      endif()
-  endif()
-endif() #git
+
 if(PACKAGING)
   add_definitions(-DPKG=1)
 endif()