diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 141cd8161..bf10c5c3b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -178,12 +178,14 @@ else
   error('8-byte atomic operations are required')
 endif
 
+versiondata = configuration_data()
+versiondata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MAJOR', pipewire_version_major)
+versiondata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MINOR', pipewire_version_minor)
+versiondata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MICRO', pipewire_version_micro)
+versiondata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_NANO', pipewire_version_nano)
+versiondata.set_quoted('PIPEWIRE_API_VERSION', apiversion)
+
 cdata = configuration_data()
-cdata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MAJOR', pipewire_version_major)
-cdata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MINOR', pipewire_version_minor)
-cdata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_MICRO', pipewire_version_micro)
-cdata.set('PIPEWIRE_VERSION_NANO', pipewire_version_nano)
-cdata.set_quoted('PIPEWIRE_API_VERSION', apiversion)
 cdata.set_quoted('PIPEWIRE_CONFDATADIR', pipewire_confdatadir)
 cdata.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', pipewire_localedir)
 cdata.set_quoted('LIBDIR', pipewire_libdir)
diff --git a/src/pipewire/meson.build b/src/pipewire/meson.build
index 860b226e8..c0fc14e44 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/meson.build
+++ b/src/pipewire/meson.build
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pipewire_sources = [
 configure_file(input : 'version.h.in',
   output : 'version.h',
   install_dir : get_option('includedir') / pipewire_headers_dir,
-  configuration : cdata)
+  configuration : versiondata)
 
 
 install_headers(pipewire_headers, subdir : pipewire_headers_dir)