diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index bb016e8..e85f326 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ install_data(
 appdata_conf = configuration_data()
 appdata_conf.set('app-id', application_id)
 appdata_conf.set('gettext-package', gettext_package)
+appdata_conf.set('version', version)
+appdata_conf.set('current_date', current_date)
 appdata_file = i18n.merge_file (
   input: configure_file(
     input: '@0@.appdata.xml.in.in'.format(base_id),
diff --git a/data/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.appdata.xml.in.in
index e45b58b..652b627 100644
--- a/data/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.freedesktop.dabrain34.GstPipelineStudio.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright 2019 Guillaume Desmottes 2019 <guillaume@desmottes.be -->
+<!-- Copyright 2022 Stephane Cerveau 2022 <scerveau@collabora.com -->
 <component type="desktop-application">
   <id>@app-id@</id>
   <metadata_license>CC0</metadata_license>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <translation type="gettext">@gettext-package@</translation>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">@app-id@.desktop</launchable>
     <releases>
-    <release version="0.1.0" date="2022-01-11"/>
+    <release version="@version@" date="@current_date@"/>
   </releases>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1">
     <content_attribute id="violence-cartoon">none</content_attribute>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6d72aa1..d99258e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ project('gst_pipeline_studio',
                    ],
           license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
 )
+python_mod = import('python')
+python3 = python_mod.find_installation()
+current_date = run_command(python3, '-c', 'import datetime; print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), end ="")').stdout()
 i18n = import('i18n')
 
 dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.66')