diff --git a/npm/get-version.js b/npm/get-version.js
index 7f3dd79e3b..5198ee913a 100644
--- a/npm/get-version.js
+++ b/npm/get-version.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-const fse = require("fs-extra");
+const fse = require('fs-extra');
 
-console.log(fse.readJSONSync("package.json").version);
+const commonProps = fse.readFileSync('../common.props').toString();
+
+const versionTag = '<Version>';
+const versionEndTag = '</Version>';
+const first = commonProps.indexOf(versionTag) + versionTag.length;
+const last = commonProps.indexOf(versionEndTag);
+
+console.log(commonProps.substring(first, last));