diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38ca92fefd..3248861ba6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4188,7 +4188,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mm2_bin_lib"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.0.0-beta"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "common",
diff --git a/azure-pipelines-android-job.yml b/azure-pipelines-android-job.yml
index 80ff96fc72..817cc9582a 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-android-job.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-android-job.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=COMMIT_HASH]${TAG}"
         displayName: Setup ENV
       - bash: |
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_android_armv7_CI
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_android_armv7_CI
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MANUAL_MM_VERSION: true
       - bash: |
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_android_aarch64_CI
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_android_aarch64_CI
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
diff --git a/azure-pipelines-build-stage-job.yml b/azure-pipelines-build-stage-job.yml
index bbb704c242..8cdcc82e9e 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-build-stage-job.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-build-stage-job.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - bash: |
           rm -rf upload
           mkdir upload
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_CI
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_CI
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
diff --git a/azure-pipelines-ios-job.yml b/azure-pipelines-ios-job.yml
index 8c6126f686..d513287742 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-ios-job.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-ios-job.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=COMMIT_HASH]${TAG}"
         displayName: Setup ENV
       - bash: |
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_ios_aarch64_CI
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_ios_aarch64_CI
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
diff --git a/azure-pipelines-release-stage-job.yml b/azure-pipelines-release-stage-job.yml
index 1f766a6591..06ef60c34e 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-release-stage-job.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-release-stage-job.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir upload
         displayName: 'Recreate upload dir'
       - bash: |
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_Debug
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_Debug
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         condition: and( eq( variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT' ), eq( variables['DEBUG_UPLOADED'], '' ) )
       - bash: |
           rm -f MM_VERSION
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_Release
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_Release
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
diff --git a/azure-pipelines-wasm-stage-job.yml b/azure-pipelines-wasm-stage-job.yml
index cb7aef5fd7..350b194eae 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-wasm-stage-job.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-wasm-stage-job.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - bash: |
           rm -rf upload
           mkdir upload
-          VERSION=2.1.$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_Release
+          VERSION=$(Build.BuildId)_$(Build.SourceBranchName)_$(COMMIT_HASH)_$(Agent.OS)_Release
           if ! grep -q $VERSION MM_VERSION; then
             echo $VERSION > MM_VERSION
           fi
diff --git a/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/Cargo.toml b/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/Cargo.toml
index 932b7bb76b..c2788a80c3 100644
--- a/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "mm2_bin_lib"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.0.0-beta"
+authors = ["James Lee", "Artem Pikulin", "Artem Grinblat", "Omar S.", "Onur Ozkan", "Alina Sharon", "Caglar Kaya", "Cipi", "Sergey Boiko", "Samuel Onoja", "Roman Sztergbaum", "Kadan Stadelmann <ca333@komodoplatform.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 default-run = "mm2"
 
diff --git a/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/build.rs b/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/build.rs
index 41b95486b4..c05c39a364 100644
--- a/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/build.rs
+++ b/mm2src/mm2_bin_lib/build.rs
@@ -46,36 +46,29 @@ fn root() -> PathBuf {
 /// we might skip synchronizing the Git repository there),
 /// but if it is, then we're going to check if the “MM_DATETIME” and the Git data match.
 fn mm_version() -> String {
-    // We fetch the actual git version here,
-    // with `git log '--pretty=format:%h' -n 1` for the nightlies,
-    // and a release tag when building from some kind of a stable branch,
-    // though we should keep the ability for the tooling to provide the “MM_VERSION”
-    // externally, because moving the entire ".git" around is not always practical.
-    let mut version = "UNKNOWN".to_string();
-    let mut command = Command::new("git");
-    command.arg("log").arg("--pretty=format:%h").arg("-n1");
-    if let Ok(go) = command.output() {
-        if go.status.success() {
-            version = from_utf8(&go.stdout).unwrap().trim().to_string();
-            if !Regex::new(r"^\w+$").unwrap().is_match(&version) {
-                panic!("{}", version)
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    // Reading version of `mm2_bin_lib` from cargo manifest
+    let mut version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_owned();
 
     let mm_version_p = root().join("../../MM_VERSION");
     let v_file = String::from_utf8(slurp(&mm_version_p)).unwrap();
-    let v_file = v_file.trim().to_string();
-    // if there is no MM_VERSION file there is no need to create it
+
+    // if there is MM_VERSION file, that means CI wants to put a tag to version
     if !v_file.is_empty() {
-        if !v_file.contains(&version) {
-            // If the file doesn't contain the latest commit hash then this is a local build
-            // and the env version variable should be "v_file"_"version" as "v_file" is the version from the local file
-            // and "version" is the latest commit hash
-            version = format!("{}_{}", v_file, version);
-        } else {
-            // If the file contains the latest commit hash then this is a CI build and the version generated by CI should be written to env
-            version = v_file;
+        version = format!("{}_{}", version, v_file.trim());
+    }
+    // put commit tag to the version
+    else {
+        let mut command = Command::new("git");
+        command.arg("log").arg("--pretty=format:%h").arg("-n1");
+        if let Ok(go) = command.output() {
+            if go.status.success() {
+                let commit_hash = from_utf8(&go.stdout).unwrap().trim().to_string();
+                if !Regex::new(r"^\w+$").unwrap().is_match(&commit_hash) {
+                    panic!("{}", commit_hash)
+                }
+
+                version = format!("{version}_{commit_hash}");
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/mm2src/mm2_main/src/mm2.rs b/mm2src/mm2_main/src/mm2.rs
index 8544420b59..2281cd11a9 100644
--- a/mm2src/mm2_main/src/mm2.rs
+++ b/mm2src/mm2_main/src/mm2.rs
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ pub fn mm2_main(version: String, datetime: String) {
     use libc::c_char;
 
     init_crash_reports();
-    log!("AtomicDEX MarketMaker {} DT {}", version, datetime);
 
     // Temporarily simulate `argv[]` for the C version of the main method.
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args()
@@ -376,15 +375,23 @@ pub fn mm2_main(version: String, datetime: String) {
         return;
     }
 
+    if first_arg == Some("--version") || first_arg == Some("-v") || first_arg == Some("version") {
+        println!("AtomicDEX API: {version}");
+        return;
+    }
+
     if first_arg == Some("--help") || first_arg == Some("-h") || first_arg == Some("help") {
         help();
         return;
     }
+
     if cfg!(windows) && first_arg == Some("/?") {
         help();
         return;
     }
 
+    log!("AtomicDEX API {} DT {}", version, datetime);
+
     if let Err(err) = run_lp_main(first_arg, &|_| (), version, datetime) {
         log!("{}", err);
         exit(1);