diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 235d920e2b..2ee5ac6530 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ ENDIF (APPLE)
 
 set (OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set (OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 12)
-set (OPENMW_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set (OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
 
-set (OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_PATCH}")
+set (OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE}")
 
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