diff --git a/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_linux/main.cpp b/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_linux/main.cpp
index b3bdab154..e58efbb44 100644
--- a/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_linux/main.cpp
+++ b/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_linux/main.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 
 #define DECL_VERSION __attribute__((section(".version_info"), unused))
 
-volatile static const char DECL_VERSION version[] = VER_STRING;
-static const char gSvcVersion[] = "Service version: " VER_STRING;
+volatile static const char DECL_VERSION version[] = VER_FILEVERSION_STR;
+static const char gSvcVersion[] = "Service version: " VER_FILEVERSION_STR;
 
 void strToNum(const char *str, int &num)
 {
diff --git a/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_win/main.cpp b/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_win/main.cpp
index 87035e43f..6362ef9d6 100644
--- a/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_win/main.cpp
+++ b/win-linux/extras/update-daemon/src/platform_win/main.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 SERVICE_STATUS          gSvcStatus;
 SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE   gSvcStatusHandle;
 HANDLE                  gSvcStopEvent = NULL;
-static const WCHAR      gSvcVersion[] = _T("Service version: " VER_STRING);
+static const WCHAR      gSvcVersion[] = _T("Service version: " VER_FILEVERSION_STR);
 
 
 VOID WINAPI SvcMain(DWORD argc, LPTSTR *argv);