diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-extra.yml b/.github/workflows/build-extra.yml
index 918c879ad5b..0d9ae98ada2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-extra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-extra.yml
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
     - name: print version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+      run: make print-version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index df706c89884..4880c31e1b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ jobs:
       run: make
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
-    - name: print firejail version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+    - name: print version
+      run: make print-version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c7640102281..3e7153c46dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ jobs:
       run: make -j "$(nproc)"
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
-    - name: print firejail version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+    - name: print version
+      run: make print-version
     - run: make lab-setup
     - run: make test-seccomp-extra
     - run: make test-firecfg
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ jobs:
       run: make -j "$(nproc)"
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
-    - name: print firejail version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+    - name: print version
+      run: make print-version
     - run: make lab-setup
     - run: make test-private-etc
     - run: make test-fs
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ jobs:
       run: make -j "$(nproc)"
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
-    - name: print firejail version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+    - name: print version
+      run: make print-version
     - run: make lab-setup
     - run: make test-environment
     - run: make test-profiles
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ jobs:
       run: make -j "$(nproc)"
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
-    - name: print firejail version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+    - name: print version
+      run: make print-version
     - run: make lab-setup
     - run: make test-utils
 
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ jobs:
       run: make -j "$(nproc)"
     - name: make install
       run: sudo make install
-    - name: print firejail version
-      run: command -V firejail && firejail --version
+    - name: print version
+      run: make print-version
     - run: make lab-setup
     - run: make test-fnetfilter
     - run: make test-sysutils
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9f196ce459..8f666920341 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build_ubuntu_package:
         - ./configure || (cat config.log; exit 1)
         - make deb
         - dpkg -i ./*.deb
-        - command -V firejail && firejail --version
+        - make print-version
 
 build_debian_package:
     image: debian:buster
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ build_debian_package:
         - ./configure || (cat config.log; exit 1)
         - make deb
         - dpkg -i ./*.deb
-        - command -V firejail && firejail --version
+        - make print-version
 
 build_redhat_package:
     image: almalinux:latest
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ build_redhat_package:
         - ./configure || (cat config.log; exit 1)
         - make rpms
         - rpm -i ./*.rpm
-        - command -V firejail && firejail --version
+        - make print-version
 
 build_fedora_package:
     image: fedora:latest
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ build_fedora_package:
         - ./configure || (cat config.log; exit 1)
         - make rpms
         - rpm -i ./*.rpm
-        - command -V firejail && firejail --version
+        - make print-version
 
 build_src_package:
     image: alpine:latest
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ build_src_package:
         - ./configure --prefix=/usr || (cat config.log; exit 1)
         - make
         - make install-strip
-        - command -V firejail && firejail --version
+        - make print-version
 
 build_no_apparmor:
     image: ubuntu:latest
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ build_no_apparmor:
         - make dist
         - ./mkdeb.sh --disable-apparmor
         - dpkg -i ./*.deb
-        - command -V firejail && firejail --version
-        - firejail --version | grep -F 'AppArmor support is disabled'
+        - make print-version
+        - make print-version | grep -F 'AppArmor support is disabled'
 
 debian_ci:
     image: registry.salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/ci-image-git-buildpackage:latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dcd84b7abe7..158a3c2223a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ codespell:
 print-env:
 	./ci/printenv.sh
 
+.PHONY: print-version
+print-version: config.mk
+	command -V $(TARNAME) && $(TARNAME) --version
+
 #
 # make test
 #
diff --git a/gcov.sh b/gcov.sh
index b949731d9cf..13f8baae1a3 100755
--- a/gcov.sh
+++ b/gcov.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gcov_generate() {
 
 make distclean && ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-apparmor --enable-gcov --enable-fatal-warnings && make -j4 && sudo make install
 rm -fr gcov-dir gcov-file
-firejail --version
+make print-version
 gcov_generate
 
 make test-firecfg | grep TESTING