diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5699503d..9659b790 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /.idea/
 /.vscode/
 logs/
+/runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 46896b56..353b9f7c 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ pnet = "0.33"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
+serde_json = "1.0"
 
 [lib]
 name = "ya_runtime_vm"
diff --git a/runtime/build.rs b/runtime/build.rs
index 77ba8d3d..430d0ffc 100644
--- a/runtime/build.rs
+++ b/runtime/build.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
 use std::env;
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::ops::Not;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
 
 static RERUN_IF_CHANGED: &str = "cargo:rerun-if-changed";
 
-fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+fn make_init(root_dir: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // skip build for CI
     if env::var("CI").is_ok() {
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let root_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
     let init_dir = root_dir.join("init-container").canonicalize().unwrap();
     let include_dir = init_dir.join("include");
     let src_dir = init_dir.join("src");
@@ -52,3 +53,24 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     );
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn update_conf(root_dir: &Path, version: String) {
+    let fname = root_dir.join("conf/ya-runtime-vm.json.in");
+    let fin = File::open(fname).unwrap();
+    let fname = root_dir.join("conf/ya-runtime-vm.json");
+    let fout = File::create(fname).unwrap();
+
+    let mut json: Vec<Map<String, Value>> = serde_json::from_reader(fin).unwrap();
+    json[0].insert(String::from("version"), Value::from(version));
+    serde_json::to_writer_pretty(fout, &json).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let root_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
+    let version = env::var("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").unwrap();
+
+    make_init(&root_dir)?;
+    update_conf(&root_dir, version);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json b/runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json.in
similarity index 86%
rename from runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json
rename to runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json.in
index 991513a6..d10b9b63 100644
--- a/runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json
+++ b/runtime/conf/ya-runtime-vm.json.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [
   {
     "name": "vm",
-    "version": "0.5.0",
+    "version": "@VERSION@",
     "supervisor-path": "exe-unit",
     "runtime-path": "ya-runtime-vm/ya-runtime-vm",
     "description": "vm runtime",