diff --git a/.vscode/cargo-build-version.sh b/.vscode/cargo-build-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2fe0d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/cargo-build-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Patch Cargo.toml version from VERSION file before build
+VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+sed -i "s/^version = ".*"/version = \"$VERSION\"/" Cargo.toml
+exec cargo build
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 51d9096..fbf1205 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         {
             "label": "cargo build",
             "type": "shell",
-            "command": "cargo build",
+            "command": ".vscode/cargo-build-version.sh",
             "group": {
                 "kind": "build",
                 "isDefault": true