diff --git a/Installation/VERSION b/Installation/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index a02597f4b0a..00000000000
--- a/Installation/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/cgal_create_release_with_cmake.cmake b/Scripts/developer_scripts/cgal_create_release_with_cmake.cmake
index 6816307c3ce..97ed3ad9017 100644
--- a/Scripts/developer_scripts/cgal_create_release_with_cmake.cmake
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/cgal_create_release_with_cmake.cmake
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ foreach(pkg ${files})
   endif()
 endforeach()
 
+#create VERSION
+file(WRITE ${release_dir}/VERSION "${CGAL_VERSION}")
+
 # removal of extra directories and files
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${release_dir}/doc/fig_src)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${release_dir}/benchmark)