--- a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 # ${gmock_BINARY_DIR}.
 # Language "C" is required for find_package(Threads).
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+  set(GOOGLETEST_VERSION __GOOGLETEST_VERSION__)
 project(gmock VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 if (COMMAND set_up_hermetic_build)
--- a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 # Project version:
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+set(GOOGLETEST_VERSION __GOOGLETEST_VERSION__)
 project(gtest VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
 
 if (POLICY CMP0063) # Visibility