diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 079fa7fb2..f0f6208c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ Bump new version number in:
 - `CHANGELOG.md`
 - `README.md`
 - `config/version.go`
+- `VERSION`: used by the CLI download service (https://github.com/Scalingo/cli-dl/blob/master/main.go#L16)
 
 And commit these changes:
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53cc1a6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.24.0