diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bf00fb..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Update version file
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types:
-      - created
-
-jobs:
-  update_version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Update version.json
-        run: |
-          echo "{
-            \"version\": \"${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}\"
-          }" > version.json
-
-      - name: Commit changes
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: "chore: update version to ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
diff --git a/cmd/vaults/main.go b/cmd/vaults/main.go
index 1fb98db..e4dc078 100644
--- a/cmd/vaults/main.go
+++ b/cmd/vaults/main.go
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
+var version = "dev"
+
 func main() {
 	// migrate v1 config to v2 config
 	migrateConfigV1ToV2()
-	version := getVersion()
 
 	cliApp := &cli.App{
 		Name:    "vaults",
diff --git a/cmd/vaults/utils.go b/cmd/vaults/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b63c94e..0000000
--- a/cmd/vaults/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"os"
-)
-
-type version struct {
-	Version string `json:"version"`
-}
-
-func getVersion() string {
-	var v version
-	data, err := os.ReadFile("version.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "unknown"
-	}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "unknown"
-	}
-	return v.Version
-}
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c7dfa8..0000000
--- a/version.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "v0.0.6"  
-}