diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 348d7aa3d1e..406306a1b26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS Threads::Threads)
 
 # Add git sha to version.h
 find_package(Git REQUIRED)
-execute_process(COMMAND sh -c "cat VERSION"
+execute_process(COMMAND sh -c "cat src/VERSION.txt"
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} OUTPUT_VARIABLE PROJECT_VERSION)
 execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse --short HEAD
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_SHA)
diff --git a/VERSION b/src/VERSION.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from VERSION
rename to src/VERSION.txt
diff --git a/x.py b/x.py
index 5aecb8541ea..09a69d4cc17 100755
--- a/x.py
+++ b/x.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def write_version(release_version: str) -> str:
     if SEMVER_REGEX.match(version) is None:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Kvrocks version should follow semver spec, got: {version}")
 
-    with open('VERSION', 'w+') as f:
+    with open('src/VERSION.txt', 'w+') as f:
         f.write(version)
 
     return version