diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a1e22e7f..2e2d9a83 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ checksum = "428d9aa8fbc0670b7b8d6030a7fadd0f86151cae55e4dbbece15f3780a3dfaf3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.1.22"
+version = "1.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9540e661f81799159abee814118cc139a2004b3a3aa3ea37724a1b66530b90e0"
+checksum = "3bbb537bb4a30b90362caddba8f360c0a56bc13d3a5570028e7197204cb54a17"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
@@ -1155,9 +1155,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "355ae415ccd3a04315d3f8246e86d67689ea74d88d915576e1589a351062a13b"
+checksum = "9b6dfecf2c74bce2466cabf93f6664d6998a69eb21e39f4207930065b27b771f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
diff --git a/cli/src/init.rs b/cli/src/init.rs
index 58073f66..80341cc2 100644
--- a/cli/src/init.rs
+++ b/cli/src/init.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const PARSER_DESCRIPTION_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_DESCRIPTION";
 const PARSER_LICENSE_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_LICENSE";
 const PARSER_URL_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_URL";
 const PARSER_URL_STRIPPED_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_URL_STRIPPED";
+const PARSER_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_VERSION";
 
 const AUTHOR_NAME_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_AUTHOR_NAME";
 const AUTHOR_EMAIL_PLACEHOLDER: &str = "PARSER_AUTHOR_EMAIL";
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ struct GenerateOpts<'a> {
     license: Option<&'a str>,
     description: Option<&'a str>,
     repository: Option<&'a str>,
+    version: &'a Version,
 }
 
 // TODO: remove in 0.25
@@ -423,6 +425,7 @@ pub fn generate_grammar_files(
             .links
             .as_ref()
             .map(|l| l.repository.as_str()),
+        version: &tree_sitter_config.metadata.version,
     };
 
     // Create or update package.json
@@ -950,7 +953,11 @@ fn generate_file(
         )
         .replace(PARSER_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, language_name)
         .replace(CLI_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, CLI_VERSION)
-        .replace(RUST_BINDING_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, RUST_BINDING_VERSION);
+        .replace(RUST_BINDING_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, RUST_BINDING_VERSION)
+        .replace(
+            PARSER_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER,
+            &generate_opts.version.to_string(),
+        );
 
     if let Some(name) = generate_opts.author_name {
         replacement = replacement.replace(AUTHOR_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, name);
diff --git a/cli/src/templates/_cargo.toml b/cli/src/templates/_cargo.toml
index 4e1bba9a..4960d767 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/_cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/src/templates/_cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "tree-sitter-PARSER_NAME"
 description = "PARSER_DESCRIPTION"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "PARSER_VERSION"
 authors = ["PARSER_AUTHOR_NAME PARSER_AUTHOR_EMAIL"]
 license = "PARSER_LICENSE"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/cli/src/templates/makefile b/cli/src/templates/makefile
index 492f7094..18ee4c8c 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/makefile
+++ b/cli/src/templates/makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 $(error Windows is not supported)
 endif
 
-VERSION := 0.0.1
+VERSION := PARSER_VERSION
 
 LANGUAGE_NAME := tree-sitter-PARSER_NAME
 
diff --git a/cli/src/templates/package.json b/cli/src/templates/package.json
index 55130ad4..be0ca55f 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/package.json
+++ b/cli/src/templates/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tree-sitter-PARSER_NAME",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "PARSER_VERSION",
   "description": "PARSER_DESCRIPTION",
   "repository": "github:tree-sitter/tree-sitter-PARSER_NAME",
   "license": "PARSER_LICENSE",
diff --git a/cli/src/templates/pyproject.toml b/cli/src/templates/pyproject.toml
index 3b935df8..4df75f74 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cli/src/templates/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "tree-sitter-PARSER_NAME"
 description = "PARSER_DESCRIPTION"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "PARSER_VERSION"
 keywords = ["incremental", "parsing", "tree-sitter", "PARSER_NAME"]
 classifiers = [
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",