diff --git a/electron.gyp b/electron.gyp
index 922c6b25700..eabb9a1518b 100644
--- a/electron.gyp
+++ b/electron.gyp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     'product_name%': 'Electron',
     'company_name%': 'GitHub, Inc',
     'company_abbr%': 'github',
-    'version%': '0.0.0-dev',
+    'version%': '4.0.0-nightly.20180816',
     'js2c_input_dir': '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/js2c',
   },
   'includes': [