diff --git a/etc/api/shared.yaml b/etc/api/shared.yaml
index 59007bf9b7..ba7dd13bc5 100644
--- a/etc/api/shared.yaml
+++ b/etc/api/shared.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ directories:
   # The subdirectory to contain documentation from all APIs and related programs
   doc_subdir: doc
 cargo:
+  build_version: "1.0.1"
   repo_base_url: https://github.com/Byron/google-apis-rs
   authors:
     # don't forget to possibly add them to copyright authors
diff --git a/etc/api/type-api.yaml b/etc/api/type-api.yaml
index e48be86561..80f7aa89dc 100644
--- a/etc/api/type-api.yaml
+++ b/etc/api/type-api.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ make:
     - source: build.rs
       output_dir: src
 cargo:
-  build_version: "1.0.1"
   build_script: src/build.rs
   keywords: [protocol, web, api]
   doc_base_url: https://docs.rs
diff --git a/etc/api/type-cli.yaml b/etc/api/type-cli.yaml
index 07275afdb0..f5812e35c8 100644
--- a/etc/api/type-cli.yaml
+++ b/etc/api/type-cli.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ make:
     - source: main.rs
       output_dir: src
 cargo:
-  build_version: "1.0.1"
   keywords: [cli]
   is_executable: YES
   doc_base_url: http://byron.github.io/google-apis-rs
diff --git a/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako b/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
index 8c42178b47..e62c826459 100644
--- a/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
+++ b/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ serde_codegen = { version = "^ 0.8", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.${crate_name_we_depend_on}]
 path = "../${api_name}"
-version = "1"
+version = "${util.crate_version()}"
 optional = true
 default-features = false
 % endif