diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a4b3d145..922ba512 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ on:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
-  EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION: 2.0.11
 
 jobs:
   tests:
@@ -35,6 +34,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      - name: Read Emscripten version
+        run: |
+          printf 'EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION=%s\n' "$(cat emscripten-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Cache artifacts
         id: cache
         uses: actions/cache@v2
diff --git a/cli/build.rs b/cli/build.rs
index 322d239b..29017e11 100644
--- a/cli/build.rs
+++ b/cli/build.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ fn main() {
     if wasm_files_present() {
         println!("cargo:rustc-cfg={}", "TREE_SITTER_EMBED_WASM_BINDING");
     }
+
+    let emscripten_version = fs::read_to_string("../emscripten-version").unwrap();
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-env={}={}",
+        "EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION", emscripten_version
+    );
 }
 
 fn wasm_files_present() -> bool {
diff --git a/cli/src/wasm.rs b/cli/src/wasm.rs
index c93eb246..9689245d 100644
--- a/cli/src/wasm.rs
+++ b/cli/src/wasm.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 use which::which;
 
+const EMSCRIPTEN_TAG: &'static str = concat!("emscripten/emsdk:", env!("EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION"));
+
 pub fn get_grammar_name(src_dir: &Path) -> Result<String> {
     let grammar_json_path = src_dir.join("grammar.json");
     let grammar_json = fs::read_to_string(&grammar_json_path)
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn compile_language_to_wasm(language_dir: &Path, force_docker: bool) -> Resu
         }
 
         // Run `emcc` in a container using the `emscripten-slim` image
-        command.args(&["emscripten/emsdk:2.0.11", "emcc"]);
+        command.args(&[EMSCRIPTEN_TAG, "emcc"]);
     } else {
         return Err(anyhow!(
             "You must have either emcc or docker on your PATH to run this command"
diff --git a/emscripten-version b/emscripten-version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da37822f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emscripten-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.0.11
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/build-wasm b/script/build-wasm
index d33dd4b5..201d0b50 100755
--- a/script/build-wasm
+++ b/script/build-wasm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ web_dir=lib/binding_web
 emscripten_flags="-O3"
 minify_js=1
 force_docker=0
+emscripen_version=$(cat "$(dirname "$0")"/../emscripten-version)
 
 while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ emcc=
 if which emcc > /dev/null && [[ "$force_docker" == "0" ]]; then
   emcc=emcc
 elif which docker > /dev/null; then
-  emcc="docker run           \
-    --rm                     \
-    -v $(pwd):/src:Z         \
-    -u $(id -u)              \
-    emscripten/emsdk:2.0.11  \
+  emcc="docker run                       \
+    --rm                                 \
+    -v $(pwd):/src:Z                     \
+    -u $(id -u)                          \
+    emscripten/emsdk:$emscripen_version  \
     emcc"
 else
   echo 'You must have either `docker` or `emcc` on your PATH to run this script'
diff --git a/script/fetch-emscripten b/script/fetch-emscripten
index e2817ad8..157d0cae 100755
--- a/script/fetch-emscripten
+++ b/script/fetch-emscripten
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION=2.0.11
+EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION=$(cat "$(dirname "$0")/../emscripten-version")
 
 mkdir -p target
 EMSDK_DIR="./target/emsdk"