diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7d9e89d..31d9687 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install
         run: npm ci
 
+      - name: Get next version
+        id: next_release
+        run: npx semantic-release --dry-run --no-ci
+
       - name: Build
-        run: npm run pack
+        run: npm run pack ${{ steps.next_release.outputs.version }}
 
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/globals.d.ts b/globals.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0876fd6..0000000
--- a/globals.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export {};
-
-declare global {}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 802d9b2..07fd673 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ const { readProjectInfo, writeProjectInfo } = require('./modules/project-info');
  * @typedef {NoUnion<Exclude<Parameters<import('./modules/parameters').Actions[import('./modules/project-info').ActionsNoProject]['fn']>[0], undefined>>} EitherCLIOrLibdragonInfo
  */
 
+// This is overridden when building for SEA. When running from local or NPM,
+// the package.json version is used by the version action. esbuild will give
+// a warning for this assignment, but it works as expected.
+globalThis.VERSION = "";
+
 parseParameters(process.argv)
   .then(readProjectInfo)
   .then((info) => {
diff --git a/modules/actions/init.js b/modules/actions/init.js
index 9a1ce8e..d5e09a0 100644
--- a/modules/actions/init.js
+++ b/modules/actions/init.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="../../globals.d.ts" />
-
 const fs = require('fs/promises');
 const _fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
diff --git a/modules/actions/version.js b/modules/actions/version.js
index 339ee88..c1b8572 100644
--- a/modules/actions/version.js
+++ b/modules/actions/version.js
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-const { version } = require('../../package.json');
+const sea = require('node:sea');
+
 const { log } = require('../helpers');
 
 const printVersion = async () => {
-  log(`libdragon-cli v${version}`);
+  // Version is set during build time. If it is not set, it is set to the
+  // package.json version. This is done to avoid bundling the package.json
+  // (which would be out of date) with the built one.
+  if (!globalThis.VERSION) {
+    const { version } = require('../../package.json');
+    globalThis.VERSION = version;
+  }
+  log(`libdragon-cli v${globalThis.VERSION} ${sea.isSea() ? '(sea)' : ''}`);
 };
 
 module.exports = /** @type {const} */ ({
diff --git a/pack.mjs b/pack.mjs
index 1398a08..f25244c 100644
--- a/pack.mjs
+++ b/pack.mjs
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ await esbuild.build({
     '.c': 'text',
     '.mk': 'text',
   },
+  define: {
+    ...(process.argv[2] && {
+      'globalThis.VERSION': JSON.stringify(process.argv[2]),
+    }),
+  },
 });
 
 await $`node --experimental-sea-config sea-config.json`;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a08c1c2..c94813e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
       [
         "@semantic-release/exec",
         {
+          "verifyReleaseCmd": "powershell.exe echo  \"${nextRelease.version} \" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Encoding utf8 -Append",
           "prepareCmd": "npm run bundle ${nextRelease.version}"
         }
       ],