diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99f9178b6..a5dabcd11 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{GITHUB_ENV})
   file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "URDE_VERSION=${URDE_WC_DESCRIBE}")
 endif()
 message(STATUS "URDE version set to ${URDE_WC_DESCRIBE}")
+project(urde VERSION ${URDE_VERSION_STRING})
 
 if (APPLE)
   set(PLATFORM_NAME macos)
@@ -100,8 +101,6 @@ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
   set(HAVE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN_EXITCODE 0 CACHE INTEGER "Makes soxr happy" FORCE)
 endif()
 
-project(urde VERSION ${URDE_VERSION_STRING})
-
 # MSVC has a "latest" flag, which always uses the newest standard
 # when available. GCC and Clang posess no such flag, and must be
 # manually enforced. CMake, curiously, also doesn't have a "latest"