diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 83bc5255aad6fa6efa6bbfab1652c5446506bf2f..d940991817830edc940a4ffff25a9e6c98ed7f0a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${SOURCE_VERSION})
 if(PACKAGE_WINDOWS_MSI)
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR "WIX")
     set(CPACK_WIX_UPGRADE_GUID "f9c5c38a-76c3-49a6-ab41-ddfdde7a2c87")
+    set(CPACK_WIX_PRODUCT_VERSION "0.0.0")
 
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "BioTracker/BackgroundSubtraction_Tracker")
 
     set(CPACK_WIX_PROGRAM_MENU_FOLDER "BioTracker")
 	
 	set(CPACK_WIX_LICENSE_RTF ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/WIX/licence.rtf)
-	set(CPACK_WIX_TEMPLATE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/WIX/WIX.template.in")
+	configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/WIX/WIX.template.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/WIX/WIX.template")
+	set(CPACK_WIX_TEMPLATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/WIX/WIX.template")
 elseif(PACKAGE_TXZ)
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TXZ")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/WIX/WIX.template.in b/cmake/WIX/WIX.template.in
index c131290b0cb94d32e243cab596f80d0fa59deabe..2ece14ec0c71d27bbb50bc266f9c3bdf60e7a374 100644
--- a/cmake/WIX/WIX.template.in
+++ b/cmake/WIX/WIX.template.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <Product Id="$(var.CPACK_WIX_PRODUCT_GUID)"
         Name="$(var.CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME)"
         Language="1033"
-        Version="$(var.CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION)"
+        Version="@CPACK_WIX_PRODUCT_VERSION@"
         Manufacturer="$(var.CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR)"
         UpgradeCode="$(var.CPACK_WIX_UPGRADE_GUID)">