diff --git a/cardano-wallet.cabal b/cardano-wallet.cabal
index 16a4cd2e886..7c18bea6703 100644
--- a/cardano-wallet.cabal
+++ b/cardano-wallet.cabal
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ executable cardano-wallet
     , text
     , text-class
     , warp
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_cardano_wallet
   hs-source-dirs:
       exe/wallet
   main-is:
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ executable cardano-wallet-launcher
     , say
     , text
     , text-class
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_cardano_wallet
   hs-source-dirs:
       exe/launcher
   main-is:
diff --git a/exe/launcher/Main.hs b/exe/launcher/Main.hs
index 33e0a2e147a..914e0037cc1 100644
--- a/exe/launcher/Main.hs
+++ b/exe/launcher/Main.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Main where
 import Prelude
 
 import Cardano.CLI
-    ( Port, help, parseArgWith, showVersion )
+    ( Port, help, parseArgWith )
 import Cardano.Launcher
     ( Command (Command)
     , ProcessHasExited (ProcessHasExited)
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ import Control.Monad
     ( when )
 import Data.Text.Class
     ( FromText (..), ToText (..) )
+import Data.Version
+    ( showVersion )
 import Fmt
     ( blockListF, fmt )
+import Paths_cardano_wallet
+    ( version )
 import Say
     ( sayErr )
 import System.Console.Docopt
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ import System.Console.Docopt
 import System.Environment
     ( getArgs )
 import System.Exit
-    ( exitWith )
+    ( exitSuccess, exitWith )
 
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 
@@ -72,7 +76,9 @@ main = do
     args <- parseArgsOrExit cli =<< getArgs
     when (args `isPresent` (longOption "help")) $ help cli
     when (args `isPresent` (shortOption 'h')) $ help cli
-    when (args `isPresent` (longOption "version")) showVersion
+    when (args `isPresent` (longOption "version")) $ do
+        putStrLn (showVersion version)
+        exitSuccess
 
     network <- args `parseArg` longOption "network"
     bridgePort <- args `parseArg` longOption "http-bridge-port"
diff --git a/exe/wallet/Main.hs b/exe/wallet/Main.hs
index d6494d57086..afd0b6066d4 100644
--- a/exe/wallet/Main.hs
+++ b/exe/wallet/Main.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import Cardano.CLI
     , parseArgWith
     , putErrLn
     , setUtf8Encoding
-    , showVersion
     )
 import Cardano.Wallet
     ( newWalletLayer )
@@ -78,8 +77,12 @@ import Data.Text
     ( Text )
 import Data.Text.Class
     ( FromText (..), ToText (..) )
+import Data.Version
+    ( showVersion )
 import Network.HTTP.Client
     ( Manager, defaultManagerSettings, newManager )
+import Paths_cardano_wallet
+    ( version )
 import Servant
     ( (:<|>) (..), (:>) )
 import Servant.Client
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ import System.Console.Docopt
 import System.Environment
     ( getArgs )
 import System.Exit
-    ( exitFailure )
+    ( exitFailure, exitSuccess )
 import System.IO
     ( BufferMode (NoBuffering), hSetBuffering, stderr, stdout )
 
@@ -260,7 +263,9 @@ exec execServer manager args
         wId <- args `parseArg` argument "wallet-id"
         runClient Aeson.encodePretty $ listAddresses (ApiT wId) Nothing
 
-    | args `isPresent` longOption "version" = showVersion
+    | args `isPresent` longOption "version" = do
+        putStrLn (showVersion version)
+        exitSuccess
 
     | otherwise =
         exitWithUsage cli
diff --git a/lib/cli/cardano-wallet-cli.cabal b/lib/cli/cardano-wallet-cli.cabal
index 62668156dd7..0c50c306534 100644
--- a/lib/cli/cardano-wallet-cli.cabal
+++ b/lib/cli/cardano-wallet-cli.cabal
@@ -31,12 +31,9 @@ library
       -Werror
   build-depends:
       base
-    , bytestring
     , ansi-terminal
     , docopt
-    , file-embed
     , fmt
-    , regex-applicative
     , text
     , text-class
   hs-source-dirs:
diff --git a/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs b/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs
index c4e978d9683..18d6e53a237 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs
+++ b/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 
 -- |
 -- Copyright: © 2018-2019 IOHK
@@ -34,20 +33,13 @@ module Cardano.CLI
     , hGetLine
     , getSensitiveLine
     , hGetSensitiveLine
-
-    -- * Show version
-    , showVersion
     ) where
 
 import Prelude hiding
     ( getLine )
 
-import Control.Applicative
-    ( many )
 import Control.Exception
     ( bracket )
-import Data.FileEmbed
-    ( embedFile )
 import Data.Functor
     ( (<$) )
 import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NE
@@ -96,10 +88,7 @@ import System.IO
     , stdout
     , utf8
     )
-import Text.Regex.Applicative
-    ( anySym, few, match, string, sym )
 
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B8
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as TIO
 
@@ -270,20 +259,6 @@ getSensitiveLine = hGetSensitiveLine (stdin, stderr)
                                 Internals
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
 
-showVersion :: IO ()
-showVersion = do
-    let cabal = B8.unpack $(embedFile "../../cardano-wallet.cabal")
-    let re = few anySym
-            *> string "version:" *> many (sym ' ') *> few anySym
-            <* sym '\n' <* many anySym
-    case match re cabal of
-        Nothing -> do
-            putErrLn "Couldn't find program version!"
-            exitFailure
-        Just version -> do
-            TIO.putStrLn $ T.pack version
-            exitSuccess
-
 withBuffering :: Handle -> BufferMode -> IO a -> IO a
 withBuffering h buffering action = bracket aFirst aLast aBetween
   where
diff --git a/lib/http-bridge/cardano-wallet-http-bridge.cabal b/lib/http-bridge/cardano-wallet-http-bridge.cabal
index 28e233b4a3c..fc0be528c1d 100644
--- a/lib/http-bridge/cardano-wallet-http-bridge.cabal
+++ b/lib/http-bridge/cardano-wallet-http-bridge.cabal
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ test-suite integration
       Test.Integration.Scenario.CLI.Mnemonics
       Test.Integration.Scenario.CLI.Transactions
       Test.Integration.Scenario.CLI.Wallets
+      Paths_cardano_wallet_http_bridge
 
 benchmark restore
   default-language:
diff --git a/lib/http-bridge/test/integration/Test/Integration/Scenario/CLI/Mnemonics.hs b/lib/http-bridge/test/integration/Test/Integration/Scenario/CLI/Mnemonics.hs
index 15b89fd27c4..4b03d3140ec 100644
--- a/lib/http-bridge/test/integration/Test/Integration/Scenario/CLI/Mnemonics.hs
+++ b/lib/http-bridge/test/integration/Test/Integration/Scenario/CLI/Mnemonics.hs
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import Control.Monad
     ( forM_ )
 import Data.List
     ( length )
-import Data.Text
-    ( Text )
+import Data.Version
+    ( showVersion )
+import Paths_cardano_wallet_http_bridge
+    ( version )
 import System.Command
     ( Exit (..), Stderr (..), Stdout (..) )
 import System.Exit
@@ -24,23 +26,20 @@ import Test.Hspec.Expectations.Lifted
 import Test.Integration.Framework.DSL
     ( cardanoWalletCLI, cardanoWalletLauncherCLI, generateMnemonicsViaCLI )
 
-import qualified Data.Text as T
-
-version :: Text
-version = "2019.5.24"
+import qualified Data.List as L
 
 spec :: SpecWith ()
 spec = do
     it "CLI_VERSION - cardano-wallet shows version" $  do
         (Exit c, Stdout out) <- cardanoWalletCLI ["--version"]
-        let v = T.dropWhileEnd (== '\n') (T.pack out)
-        v `shouldBe` version
+        let v = L.dropWhileEnd (== '\n') out
+        v `shouldBe` (showVersion version)
         c `shouldBe` ExitSuccess
 
     it "CLI_VERSION - cardano-wallet-launcher shows version" $  do
         (Exit c, Stdout out) <- cardanoWalletLauncherCLI ["--version"]
-        let v = T.dropWhileEnd (== '\n') (T.pack out)
-        v `shouldBe` version
+        let v = L.dropWhileEnd (== '\n') out
+        v `shouldBe` (showVersion version)
         c `shouldBe` ExitSuccess
 
     it "CLI_HELP - cardano-wallet-launcher shows help on bad argument" $  do