diff --git a/cluster/tools/kartongips/BUILD.bazel b/cluster/tools/kartongips/BUILD.bazel
index ef295cf..1a08ee2 100644
--- a/cluster/tools/kartongips/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cluster/tools/kartongips/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     srcs = ["main.go"],
     importpath = "code.hackerspace.pl/hscloud/cluster/tools/kartongips",
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+    x_defs = {
+        "code.hackerspace.pl/hscloud/cluster/tools/kartongips.Version": "{STABLE_GIT_VERSION}",
+    },
     deps = [
         "//cluster/tools/kartongips/cmd:go_default_library",
         "//cluster/tools/kartongips/pkg/kubecfg:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cluster/tools/kartongips/cmd/version.go b/cluster/tools/kartongips/cmd/version.go
index fb9b7eb..7644fb9 100644
--- a/cluster/tools/kartongips/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cluster/tools/kartongips/cmd/version.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 	jsonnet "github.com/google/go-jsonnet"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 }
 
 // Version is overridden by main
-var Version = "(dev build)"
+var Version = "unknown (external)"
 
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
@@ -36,8 +35,8 @@
 	Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		out := cmd.OutOrStdout()
-		fmt.Fprintln(out, "kubecfg version:", Version)
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, "kartongips, a fork of github.com/bitnami/kubecfg")
+		fmt.Fprintln(out, "hscloud version:", Version)
 		fmt.Fprintln(out, "jsonnet version:", jsonnet.Version())
-		fmt.Fprintln(out, "client-go version:", version.Get())
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cluster/tools/kartongips/main.go b/cluster/tools/kartongips/main.go
index 11058b3..2dd10dd 100644
--- a/cluster/tools/kartongips/main.go
+++ b/cluster/tools/kartongips/main.go
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
 	"code.hackerspace.pl/hscloud/cluster/tools/kartongips/pkg/kubecfg"
 )
 
-// Version is overridden using `-X main.version` during release builds
-var version = "(dev build)"
+var Version = "unknown"
 
 func main() {
-	cmd.Version = version
+	cmd.Version = Version
 
 	if err := cmd.RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		// PersistentPreRunE may not have been run for early