diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index acb529afc31443aa272684d7af0704dd9cf37b39..6365e24cede66a5bde6b73d8d257eb4c4bbfaa69 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ author = 'The CAISAR Development Team'
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.0.0'
-
+with open('../VERSION') as f:
+  release = f.readline().rstrip()
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[:2])
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------