diff --git a/src/csmith.vcxproj b/src/csmith.vcxproj
index 70f3cf3c6..90cdf808a 100644
--- a/src/csmith.vcxproj
+++ b/src/csmith.vcxproj
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE_STRING;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PACKAGE_STRING="2.3.0";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>