diff --git a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
index 3913967..0b1d47c 100644
--- a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,3 +99,5 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
 endif()
 
 ament_package()
+
+add_definitions("-D${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION=\"${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION}\"")
diff --git a/tracetools/include/tracetools/tracetools.h b/tracetools/include/tracetools/tracetools.h
index a266dbd..388bcf3 100644
--- a/tracetools/include/tracetools/tracetools.h
+++ b/tracetools/include/tracetools/tracetools.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #define TRACEPOINT(event_name, ...) \
   (ros_trace_ ## event_name)(__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#define TRACETOOLS_VERSION "0.0.1"
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C"
 {
diff --git a/tracetools/src/tracetools.c b/tracetools/src/tracetools.c
index 33505ba..0e573d1 100644
--- a/tracetools/src/tracetools.c
+++ b/tracetools/src/tracetools.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void TRACEPOINT(
     ros2,
     rcl_init,
     context_handle,
-    TRACETOOLS_VERSION);
+    tracetools_VERSION);
 }
 
 void TRACEPOINT(