diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5686de80..d0c3bab6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ jobs:
               id: 'get-version'
               run: 'echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT'
 
-            # Cannot use ${{ github.ref }}, it isn't the tag name, but "/refs/tags/tag_name"
-            - name: 'Replace application version'
-              run: sed -i "s/VERSION = 'dev'/VERSION = '${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}'/" src/Console/Application.php
-
             - name: 'Create phar'
               run: 'bin/compile'
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 90984bcb..32d13466 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "php": "^8.1",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-pdo": "*",
+        "composer-runtime-api": "^2.0",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^3.1",
         "druidfi/mysqldump-php": "^1.0",
         "fakerphp/faker": "^1.17",
diff --git a/docker/php-cli/Dockerfile b/docker/php-cli/Dockerfile
index a166c409..c28ace80 100644
--- a/docker/php-cli/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/php-cli/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql
 RUN ln -s $PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini-development $PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini
 COPY ./config/php.ini $PHP_INI_DIR/conf.d/gdpr-dump.ini
 
+# Install git (for application version detection during compilation)
+RUN apk add --no-cache git
+
 # Install composer
 ENV COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER 1
 COPY --from=composer:2 /usr/bin/composer /usr/local/bin/composer
diff --git a/src/Console/Application.php b/src/Console/Application.php
index 9f1fac42..a41e57f7 100644
--- a/src/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Console/Application.php
@@ -4,14 +4,36 @@
 
 namespace Smile\GdprDump\Console;
 
+use Composer\InstalledVersions;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application as BaseApplication;
 
 class Application extends BaseApplication
 {
-    public const VERSION = 'dev';
+    private const PACKAGE_NAME = 'smile/gdpr-dump';
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        parent::__construct('GdprDump', self::VERSION);
+        parent::__construct('GdprDump', $this->getPackageVersion());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the application version.
+     */
+    private function getPackageVersion(): string
+    {
+        $prettyVersion = (string) InstalledVersions::getPrettyVersion(self::PACKAGE_NAME);
+        $reference = (string) InstalledVersions::getReference(self::PACKAGE_NAME);
+
+        if ($prettyVersion === '' || $reference === '') {
+            return 'Unknown version';
+        }
+
+        if (preg_match('/[^v\d.]/', $prettyVersion) === 0) {
+            // Tags
+            return $prettyVersion;
+        }
+
+        // Branches (with ref)
+        return $prettyVersion . '@' . substr($reference, 0, 7);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Console/ApplicationTest.php b/tests/unit/Console/ApplicationTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f0260196..00000000
--- a/tests/unit/Console/ApplicationTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Smile\GdprDump\Tests\Unit\Console;
-
-use Smile\GdprDump\Console\Application;
-use Smile\GdprDump\Tests\Unit\TestCase;
-
-class ApplicationTest extends TestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * Test the console application.
-     */
-    public function testConsoleApplication(): void
-    {
-        $application = new Application();
-        $this->assertSame(Application::VERSION, $application->getVersion());
-    }
-}