diff --git a/rc-num.txt b/rc-num.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 64969239..00000000
--- a/rc-num.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-04
diff --git a/scripts/build/make/versioning.mk b/scripts/build/make/versioning.mk
index 484c3d6a..88193cd1 100644
--- a/scripts/build/make/versioning.mk
+++ b/scripts/build/make/versioning.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ ifndef PRJNAME
 PRJNAME := $(shell basename `pwd -P`)
 endif
 SOLUTIONDIR=$(HOME)/workspace/yavsc
-rc_num := $(shell cat $(SOLUTIONDIR)/rc-num.txt)
+version := $(shell cat $(SOLUTIONDIR)/version.txt)
 MAKE=make
 NUGETSOURCE=$(HOME)/Nupkgs
-VERSION=1.0.6-rc$(rc_num)
+VERSION=$(version)
 CONFIGURATION=Debug
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a95c8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.6-rc04