diff --git a/cli/src/generate/binding_files.rs b/cli/src/generate/binding_files.rs
index 8ce7e4a4..8414b65d 100644
--- a/cli/src/generate/binding_files.rs
+++ b/cli/src/generate/binding_files.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const BUILD_RS_TEMPLATE: &'static str = include_str!("./templates/build.rs");
 const CARGO_TOML_TEMPLATE: &'static str = include_str!("./templates/cargo.toml");
 const PACKAGE_JSON_TEMPLATE: &'static str = include_str!("./templates/package.json");
 const PARSER_NAME_PLACEHOLDER: &'static str = "PARSER_NAME";
+const CLI_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER: &'static str = "CLI_VERSION";
+const CLI_VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn generate_binding_files(repo_path: &Path, language_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let bindings_dir = repo_path.join("bindings");
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ pub fn generate_binding_files(repo_path: &Path, language_name: &str) -> Result<(
 fn generate_file(path: &Path, template: &str, language_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     write_file(
         path,
-        template.replace(PARSER_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, language_name),
+        template
+            .replace(PARSER_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, language_name)
+            .replace(CLI_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, CLI_VERSION),
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/generate/templates/package.json b/cli/src/generate/templates/package.json
index bba22b82..18598797 100644
--- a/cli/src/generate/templates/package.json
+++ b/cli/src/generate/templates/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "nan": "^2.12.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "tree-sitter-cli": "^0.17.3"
+    "tree-sitter-cli": "^CLI_VERSION"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tree-sitter test"