diff --git a/CMakeModules/GetVersion.cmake b/CMakeModules/GetVersion.cmake
index 4ec7fe95a..34661f3ca 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/GetVersion.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GetVersion.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later
 #
 
-include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.cmake)
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../version.cmake)
 
 if (ATOMVM_DEV)
     set(ATOMVM_GIT_REVISION "<unknown>")
diff --git a/src/libAtomVM/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libAtomVM/CMakeLists.txt
index e4a6ea844..5dde312fa 100644
--- a/src/libAtomVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libAtomVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -251,24 +251,7 @@ gperf_generate(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/nifs.gperf nifs_hash.h)
 add_custom_target(generated DEPENDS bifs_hash.h)
 add_custom_target(generated-nifs-hash DEPENDS nifs_hash.h)
 
-include(../../version.cmake)
-
-if (ATOMVM_DEV)
-    set(ATOMVM_GIT_REVISION "<unknown>")
-    execute_process(
-        COMMAND git rev-parse --short HEAD
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE ATOMVM_GIT_REVISION
-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-    if (NOT ATOMVM_GIT_REVISION STREQUAL "")
-        set(ATOMVM_VERSION "${ATOMVM_BASE_VERSION}+git.${ATOMVM_GIT_REVISION}")
-    else()
-        set(ATOMVM_VERSION ${ATOMVM_BASE_VERSION})
-    endif()
-else()
-    set(ATOMVM_VERSION ${ATOMVM_BASE_VERSION})
-endif()
+include(GetVersion)
 
 # Add include to directory where avm_version.h is generated so targets linking
 # libAtomVM can access it
diff --git a/src/platforms/esp32/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platforms/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
index 08fbfabd6..d47a14a5f 100644
--- a/src/platforms/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platforms/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ endif()
 # On Esp32, select is run in a loop in a dedicated task
 set(AVM_SELECT_IN_TASK ON)
 
+# Set project version before project so 'git describe' is not used by esp-idf
+include(GetVersion)
+set(PROJECT_VER ${ATOMVM_VERSION})
 project(atomvm-esp32)
 
 # esp-idf does not use compile_feature but instead sets version in