diff --git a/Brocfile.js b/Brocfile.js
index b7215700c..e846b62d1 100644
--- a/Brocfile.js
+++ b/Brocfile.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var styles = require('./broccoli/styles');
 var jquery = require('./broccoli/jquery');
 var injectLiveReload = require('broccoli-inject-livereload');
 var LiveReload = require('tiny-lr');
+var replace = require('broccoli-string-replace');
 
 var vendoredModules = [
   {name: 'mobiledoc-html-renderer'},
@@ -41,10 +42,21 @@ watcher.on('change', function() {
   }
 });
 
+function replaceVersion(tree) {
+  var version = require('./package.json').version;
+  return replace(tree, {
+    files: ['**/*.js'],
+    pattern: {
+      match: /##VERSION##/g,
+      replacement: version
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 module.exports = mergeTrees([
-  builder.build('amd', buildOptions),
-  builder.build('global', buildOptions),
-  builder.build('commonjs', buildOptions),
+  replaceVersion(builder.build('amd', buildOptions)),
+  replaceVersion(builder.build('global', buildOptions)),
+  replaceVersion(builder.build('commonjs', buildOptions)),
   styles(),
   injectLiveReload(testTree)
 ]);
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 475059c65..dcca52aa9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ in `demo/`. To run the demo:
 
 #### Releasing
 
-* update version in `src/js/version.js`
 * Update version in `package.json`
 * `npm run update-changelog`
 * commit with message `v<version>` (e.g. "v0.9.0")
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7ffa1dff..328eefeb0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "broccoli-merge-trees": "^1.0.0",
     "broccoli-multi-builder": "^0.2.8",
     "broccoli-sane-watcher": "^1.1.4",
+    "broccoli-string-replace": "^0.1.1",
     "broccoli-test-builder": "^0.2.0",
     "conventional-changelog": "^1.1.0",
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/src/js/version.js b/src/js/version.js
index 6f237b2d4..2034b2955 100644
--- a/src/js/version.js
+++ b/src/js/version.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default '0.9.3';
+export default '##VERSION##';