diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index c37facff54..90fc5207a5 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import datetime
 import os
 import sys
 
+import rally.common.version
+
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
@@ -69,9 +71,11 @@ copyright = u"%d, OpenStack Foundation" % datetime.datetime.now().year
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "0.0.4"
+
+
+version = rally.common.version.version_string()
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.0.4"
+release = rally.common.version.version_string()
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.