https://github.com/jaseg/lolcat/issues/58
--- autotools/configure.ac.orig	2024-07-04 04:49:59.000000000 -0500
+++ autotools/configure.ac	2024-07-14 16:11:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([lolcat], [1.3], [jaseg <github@jaseg.de>])
+AC_INIT([lolcat], [@VERSION@], [jaseg <github@jaseg.de>])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([../lolcat.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autoscripts])
