diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
index ccccc9a90..bea85a74f 100644
--- a/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 description = "Ethcore jsonrpc"
 name = "ethcore-rpc"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 authors = ["Ethcore <admin@ethcore.io"]
 
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs
index b010c1541..846414186 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ impl Web3Client {
 impl Web3 for Web3Client {
 	fn client_version(&self, params: Params) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 		match params {
-			Params::None => Ok(Value::String(format!("parity/0.9.0/{}/rust1.8-nightly", Target::os()).to_owned())),
+			Params::None => Ok(Value::String(format!("parity/{}/{}/rust1.8-nightly", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), Target::os()).to_owned())),
 			_ => Err(Error::invalid_params())
 		}
 	}