diff --git a/src/scripts/xzdiff.in b/src/scripts/xzdiff.in
index ee5726e8..179218d9 100644
--- a/src/scripts/xzdiff.in
+++ b/src/scripts/xzdiff.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case ${0##*/} in
   *)     prog=xzdiff; cmp=${DIFF:-diff};;
 esac
 
-version="$prog (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @VERSION@"
+version="$prog (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @PACKAGE_VERSION@"
 
 usage="Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]... FILE1 [FILE2]
 Compare FILE1 to FILE2, using their uncompressed contents if they are
diff --git a/src/scripts/xzgrep.in b/src/scripts/xzgrep.in
index 74add3e0..dad51ca4 100644
--- a/src/scripts/xzgrep.in
+++ b/src/scripts/xzgrep.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ case ${0##*/} in
   *)       prog=xzgrep; grep=${GREP:-grep};;
 esac
 
-version="$prog (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @VERSION@"
+version="$prog (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @PACKAGE_VERSION@"
 
 usage="Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]... [-e] PATTERN [FILE]...
 Look for instances of PATTERN in the input FILEs, using their
diff --git a/src/scripts/xzless.in b/src/scripts/xzless.in
index 08a64dc7..6346966b 100644
--- a/src/scripts/xzless.in
+++ b/src/scripts/xzless.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # specified via XZ_OPT.
 xz='@xz@ --format=auto'
 
-version='xzless (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @VERSION@'
+version='xzless (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @PACKAGE_VERSION@'
 
 usage="Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]... [FILE]...
 Like 'less', but operate on the uncompressed contents of xz compressed FILEs.
diff --git a/src/scripts/xzmore.in b/src/scripts/xzmore.in
index 7cb31cbe..c571913f 100644
--- a/src/scripts/xzmore.in
+++ b/src/scripts/xzmore.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # specified via XZ_OPT.
 xz='@xz@ --format=auto'
 
-version='xzmore (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @VERSION@'
+version='xzmore (@PACKAGE_NAME@) @PACKAGE_VERSION@'
 
 usage="Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]... [FILE]...
 Like 'more', but operate on the uncompressed contents of xz compressed FILEs.