diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c4018ed5b..124dd46d69 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ option(BUILD_TESTS "Build integration tests?" ON)
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_BINARY_DIR: ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_VERSION: ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
diff --git a/cmake/version.cmake b/cmake/version.cmake
index 8dfe45c3c6..d5bcd54e55 100644
--- a/cmake/version.cmake
+++ b/cmake/version.cmake
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ if(Git_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 # get project root directory
-get_filename_component(CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_DIR ${CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_FILE}
+get_filename_component(CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
                        DIRECTORY)
-get_filename_component(CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_DIR ${CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_DIR} DIRECTORY)
-
 file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_PARENT_LIST_DIR}/version.txt" PROJECT_VERSION)
 message(DEBUG "Version number: ${PROJECT_VERSION}")