diff --git a/.github/actions/build-asset-unix.sh b/.github/actions/build-asset-unix.sh
index d96f234f..2505d10d 100755
--- a/.github/actions/build-asset-unix.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/build-asset-unix.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ fi
 set -x
 mkdir build-${target} && cd build-${target}
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-bash -eo pipefail ../embed-version.sh
 cmake --build . --config Release --target $target -j $thread_count
 chmod +x ./${exe_name}
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/get-version.sh b/.github/actions/get-version.sh
index 16c51dda..9f3e4f3f 100755
--- a/.github/actions/get-version.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/get-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # NOTE: This is meant to be run from the repo root dir
 #
 set -eo pipefail
@@ -6,31 +6,48 @@ set -eo pipefail
 os=$1
 arch=$2
 
-shift $#
-
-# version_cmp=($(./extract-version.sh))
-. ./extract-version.sh
-
-ver_maj=$bb_ver_maj
-ver_min=$bb_ver_min
-ver_rev=$bb_ver_rev
-ver_suffix=$bb_version_suffix
-
-version="${ver_maj}.${ver_min}.${ver_rev}${ver_suffix}"
+version_file="./VERSION"
+if [ ! -f "$version_file" ]; then
+  echo "VERSION file not found!"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-# echo "Ref name: '$GITHUB_REF_NAME'"
-# if [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "master" ]]; then
-#     suffix="-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
-# fi
+# Read VERSION file into an array
+declare -a version_info=()
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+  line=$(echo -n "$line" | tr -d '\r')
+  version_info+=("$line")
+done < "$version_file"
+
+# Extract major, minor, and revision numbers
+IFS='.' read -ra ver_parts <<< "${version_info[0]}"
+major="${ver_parts[0]}"
+minor="${ver_parts[1]}"
+revision="${ver_parts[2]}"
+
+# Set suffix
+suffix="${version_info[1]}"
+if [ -z "$CI" ]; then
+  suffix="-dev"
+elif [[ -n "$suffix" ]] && [[ "${suffix:0:1}" != "-" ]]; then
+  suffix="-${suffix}"
+fi
 
+# Set artifact extension
 ext="tar.gz"
-
 if [[ "$os" == "windows" ]]; then
     ext="zip"
 fi
 
-echo "BB_VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-echo "BB_ARTIFACT_NAME=bladebit-v${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-echo "BB_ARTIFACT_NAME_CUDA=bladebit-cuda-v${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-
+# Create a full version string
+version="${major}.${minor}.${revision}${suffix}"
+
+if [[ -n $CI ]]; then
+  echo "BB_VERSION=$version" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+  echo "BB_ARTIFACT_NAME=bladebit-v${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+  echo "BB_ARTIFACT_NAME_CUDA=bladebit-cuda-v${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+else
+  echo "BB_VERSION=$version"
+  echo "BB_ARTIFACT_NAME=bladebit-v${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}"
+  echo "BB_ARTIFACT_NAME_CUDA=bladebit-cuda-v${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}"
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 0cfc70cc..b021dbbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build && cd build
           cmake ..
-          bash -eo pipefail ../embed-version.sh
           cat ../src/Version.h
           cmake --build . --target bladebit --config Release
 
@@ -519,7 +518,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build_cuda && cd build_cuda
           cmake ..
-          bash -eo pipefail ../embed-version.sh
           cat ../src/Version.h
           cmake --build . --target bladebit_cuda --config Release
 
diff --git a/cmake_modules/EmbedVersion.cmake b/cmake_modules/EmbedVersion.cmake
index 1c346632..852da1cc 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/EmbedVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/EmbedVersion.cmake
@@ -1,50 +1,41 @@
-
-if((NOT DEFINED ENV{CI}) AND (NOT DEFINED CACHE{bb_version_embedded}))
-    message("Embedding local build version")
-
-    set(cmd_shell bash)
-    set(cmd_ext sh)
-    if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-
-        find_program(bash_path NAMES bash.exe NO_CACHE)
-
-        if(${bash_path} MATCHES "-NOTFOUND")
-            set(cmd_shell powershell)
-            set(cmd_ext ps1)
-        else()
-            set(cmd_shell "${bash_path}")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${cmd_shell} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extract-version.${cmd_ext} major    OUTPUT_VARIABLE bb_ver_maj    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${cmd_shell} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extract-version.${cmd_ext} minor    OUTPUT_VARIABLE bb_ver_min    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${cmd_shell} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extract-version.${cmd_ext} revision OUTPUT_VARIABLE bb_ver_rev    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${cmd_shell} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extract-version.${cmd_ext} suffix   OUTPUT_VARIABLE bb_ver_suffix WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${cmd_shell} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extract-version.${cmd_ext} commit   OUTPUT_VARIABLE bb_ver_commit WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
-
-    # Remove trailing whitespace incurred in windows gitbash
-    string(STRIP "${bb_ver_maj}"    bb_ver_maj)
-    string(STRIP "${bb_ver_min}"    bb_ver_min)
-    string(STRIP "${bb_ver_rev}"    bb_ver_rev)
-    string(STRIP "${bb_ver_suffix}" bb_ver_suffix)
-    string(STRIP "${bb_ver_commit}" bb_ver_commit)
-
-    set(bb_ver_suffix ${bb_ver_suffix}-dev)
-
-    # This is slow on windows, so let's cache them
-    set(bb_ver_maj    ${bb_ver_maj}    CACHE STRING "")
-    set(bb_ver_min    ${bb_ver_min}    CACHE STRING "")
-    set(bb_ver_rev    ${bb_ver_rev}    CACHE STRING "")
-    set(bb_ver_suffix ${bb_ver_suffix} CACHE STRING "")
-    set(bb_ver_commit ${bb_ver_commit} CACHE STRING "")
+# Read the version from the file
+file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" version_file_content)
+string(STRIP "${version_file_content}" version_file_content)
+string(REPLACE "\n" ";" version_file_lines "${version_file_content}")
+
+# Parse major, minor, and revision numbers
+list(GET version_file_lines 0 version_str)
+string(REPLACE "." ";" version_numbers "${version_str}")
+list(GET version_numbers 0 bb_ver_maj)
+list(GET version_numbers 1 bb_ver_min)
+list(GET version_numbers 2 bb_ver_rev)
+
+# Parse the optional suffix
+list(LENGTH version_file_lines version_file_lines_length)
+if(${version_file_lines_length} GREATER 1)
+    list(GET version_file_lines 1 bb_ver_suffix)
+else()
+    set(bb_ver_suffix "")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT DEFINED ENV{CI})
-    add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_MAJ=${bb_ver_maj})
-    add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_MIN=${bb_ver_min})
-    add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_REV=${bb_ver_rev})
-    add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_SUFFIX="${bb_ver_suffix}")
-    add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_GIT_COMMIT="${bb_ver_commit}")
+# Determine if we are in a CI environment
+if(DEFINED ENV{CI})
+    # CI build; use the suffix from the VERSION file
+    set(bb_ver_suffix_final "-${bb_ver_suffix}")
+else()
+    # Local build; use "-dev" as the suffix
+    set(bb_ver_suffix_final "-dev")
 endif()
 
-set(bb_version_embedded on CACHE BOOL "Version embedding has already happened.")
\ No newline at end of file
+# Get the Git commit hash
+execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse HEAD
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE bb_ver_commit
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+# Set compile definitions
+add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_MAJ=${bb_ver_maj})
+add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_MIN=${bb_ver_min})
+add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_REV=${bb_ver_rev})
+add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_VERSION_SUFFIX="${bb_ver_suffix_final}")
+add_compile_definitions(BLADEBIT_GIT_COMMIT="${bb_ver_commit}")
diff --git a/embed-version.sh b/embed-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f9c8d834..00000000
--- a/embed-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-set -eo pipefail
-cd "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &> /dev/null && pwd)"
-
-# version=($(./extract-version.sh))
-. ./extract-version.sh
-
-ver_maj=$bb_ver_maj
-ver_min=$bb_ver_min
-ver_rev=$bb_ver_rev
-ver_suffix=$bb_version_suffix
-git_commit=$bb_git_commit
-
-echo "Version: $ver_maj.$ver_min.$ver_rev$ver_suffix"
-echo "Commit : $git_commit"
-
-sed_inline=
-if [[ $OSTYPE == 'darwin'* ]]; then
-  sed_inline="\'\'"
-fi
-
-version_header='src/Version.h'
-sed -i ${sed_inline} -E -r "s/([[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+BLADEBIT_VERSION_MAJ[[:space:]]+)([0-9]+)/\1$ver_maj/g" $version_header
-sed -i ${sed_inline} -E -r "s/([[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+BLADEBIT_VERSION_MIN[[:space:]]+)([0-9]+)/\1$ver_min/g" $version_header
-sed -i ${sed_inline} -E -r "s/([[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+BLADEBIT_VERSION_REV[[:space:]]+)([0-9]+)/\1$ver_rev/g" $version_header
-sed -i ${sed_inline} -E -r "s/([[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+BLADEBIT_VERSION_SUFFIX[[:space:]]+)(\".*\")/\1\"$ver_suffix\"/g" $version_header
-sed -i ${sed_inline} -E -r "s/([[:space:]]*#define[[:space:]]+BLADEBIT_GIT_COMMIT[[:space:]]+)(\".*\")/\1\"$git_commit\"/g" $version_header
-
diff --git a/extract-version.ps1 b/extract-version.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index c26d1c70..00000000
--- a/extract-version.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# Navigate to the script's directory
-$scriptPath = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent
-Set-Location -Path $scriptPath
-
-# Arguments
-$ver_component = $args[0]  # The user-specified component from the full version
-
-# Read the version from the file
-$version_str = (Get-Content 'VERSION' | Select-Object -First 1 | Out-String).Trim()
-$bb_version_suffix = (Get-Content 'VERSION' | Select-Object -Last 1 | Out-String).Trim()
-$version_header = 'src\Version.h'
-
-if ($version_str -eq $bb_version_suffix) {
-    $bb_version_suffix = ""
-}
-
-# Prepend a '-' to the suffix, if necessary
-if (-Not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($bb_version_suffix) -and $bb_version_suffix[0] -ne '-') {
-    $bb_version_suffix = "-$bb_version_suffix"
-}
-
-# Parse the major, minor, and revision numbers
-$bb_ver_maj, $bb_ver_min, $bb_ver_rev = $version_str -split '\.' | ForEach-Object { $_.Trim() }
-
-# Get the Git commit hash
-$bb_git_commit = $env:GITHUB_SHA
-if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($bb_git_commit)) {
-    $bb_git_commit = & git rev-parse HEAD
-}
-
-if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($bb_git_commit)) {
-    $bb_git_commit = "unknown"
-}
-
-# Check if the user wants a specific component
-if (-Not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($ver_component)) {
-    switch ($ver_component) {
-        "major" {
-            Write-Host -NoNewline $bb_ver_maj
-        }
-        "minor" {
-            Write-Host -NoNewline $bb_ver_min
-        }
-        "revision" {
-            Write-Host -NoNewline $bb_ver_rev
-        }
-        "suffix" {
-            Write-Host -NoNewline $bb_version_suffix
-        }
-        "commit" {
-            Write-Host -NoNewline $bb_git_commit
-        }
-        default {
-            Write-Error "Invalid version component '$ver_component'"
-            exit 1
-        }
-    }
-    exit 0
-}
-
diff --git a/extract-version.sh b/extract-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2321a128..00000000
--- a/extract-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-set -eo pipefail
-_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd)"
-cd $_dir
-
-# Arguments
-ver_component=$1  # The user specified a specified component from the full verison.
-                  # See the case switch below.
-
-# Grab version specified in the file
-_IFS=IFS
-IFS=
-version_str=$(cat VERSION | head -n 1 | xargs)
-bb_version_suffix=$(cat VERSION | tail -n 1 | xargs)
-version_header='src/Version.h'
-IFS=$_IFS
-
-if [[ "$version_str" == "$bb_version_suffix" ]]; then
-    bb_version_suffix=
-fi
-
-# prepend a '-' to the suffix, if necessarry
-if [[ -n "$bb_version_suffix" ]] && [[ "${bb_version_suffix:0:1}" != "-" ]]; then
-  bb_version_suffix="-${bb_version_suffix}"
-fi
-
-bb_ver_maj=$(printf $version_str | sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\1/' | xargs)
-bb_ver_min=$(printf $version_str | sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\2/' | xargs)
-bb_ver_rev=$(printf $version_str | sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\3/' | xargs)
-
-bb_git_commit=$GITHUB_SHA
-if [[ -z $bb_git_commit ]]; then
-    set +e
-    bb_git_commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-    set -e
-fi
-    
-if [[ -z $bb_git_commit ]]; then
-    bb_git_commit="unknown"
-fi
-
-# Check if the user wants a specific component
-if [[ -n $ver_component ]]; then
-
-  case "$ver_component" in
-
-    "major")
-      echo -n $bb_ver_maj
-      ;;
-
-    "minor")
-      echo -n $bb_ver_min
-      ;;
-
-    "revision")
-      echo -n $bb_ver_rev
-      ;;
-
-    "suffix")
-      echo -n $bb_version_suffix
-      ;;
-
-    "commit")
-      echo -n $bb_git_commit
-      ;;
-
-    *)
-      >&2 echo "Invalid version component '${ver_component}'"
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-  esac
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Emit all version components
-# echo "MAJ: $bb_ver_maj"
-# echo "MIN: $bb_ver_min"
-# echo "REV: $bb_ver_rev"
-# echo "SUF: $bb_version_suffix"
-# echo "COM: $bb_git_commit"
-