diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9e703a..30a69ba 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - [2020-06-12] Raised ApacheClient socket limit to `2**18` by [@lflare].
+- [2020-06-12] Changed gradle versioning to using `git describe` by [@lflare].
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 00ab45e..356bfc7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.mangadex"
-version = "1.0.0-rc12"
+version = "git describe --tags".execute().text.trim()
 mainClassName = "mdnet.base.MangaDexClient"
 
 repositories {
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ spotless {
 
 run {
   args = ["dev/settings.json"]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}