diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index a0259e4ad..3cd9f6c13 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "plugins": [ "transform-runtime", "add-module-exports" ],
+  "plugins": [ "add-module-exports", "version-inline" ],
   "presets": [ "es2015" ]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78b4a1e04..dbfb4e748 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     "babel-cli": "^6.18.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.21.0",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.2.1",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.23.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.18.0",
     "eslint-if-supported": "^1.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^1.1.0-alpha.1",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5d61a75b0..06f54237f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* global __VERSION__ */
 import Proto from 'uberproto';
 
 import Application from './application';
@@ -13,5 +14,4 @@ export default function createApplication () {
   return app;
 }
 
-// TODO use https://github.com/gnandretta/babel-plugin-version-inline
-createApplication.version = '__VERSION__';
+createApplication.version = __VERSION__;
diff --git a/test/application.test.js b/test/application.test.js
index efba09475..a5dc92294 100644
--- a/test/application.test.js
+++ b/test/application.test.js
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ describe('Feathers application', () => {
     assert.equal(typeof app.services, 'object');
   });
 
+  it('sets the version', () => {
+    const pkg = require('../package.json');
+
+    assert.equal(feathers.version, pkg.version);
+  });
+
   it('is an event emitter', done => {
     const app = feathers();
     const original = { hello: 'world' };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 57ecb6376..0d9ee717c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ babel-plugin-transform-strict-mode@^6.24.1:
     babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
     babel-types "^6.24.1"
 
+babel-plugin-version-inline@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-version-inline/-/babel-plugin-version-inline-1.0.0.tgz#b99b6f925db4a4c6789eb08836e66d128dd5993f"
+
 babel-polyfill@^6.23.0:
   version "6.23.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-polyfill/-/babel-polyfill-6.23.0.tgz#8364ca62df8eafb830499f699177466c3b03499d"
@@ -1183,9 +1187,9 @@ fast-levenshtein@~2.0.4:
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-levenshtein/-/fast-levenshtein-2.0.6.tgz#3d8a5c66883a16a30ca8643e851f19baa7797917"
 
-feathers-commons@^0.8.7:
-  version "0.8.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/feathers-commons/-/feathers-commons-0.8.7.tgz#11c6f25b537745a983e8d61552d7db8932d53782"
+feathers-commons@^1.0.0-pre.1:
+  version "1.0.0-pre.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/feathers-commons/-/feathers-commons-1.0.0-pre.1.tgz#ee5c2a0e4f8b36f6f701b216c641cd90894d9f25"
 
 figures@^1.3.5:
   version "1.7.0"