diff --git a/generators/core_constants.go b/generators/core_constants.go
index 0274f845a23bd77ca69443db4c7d4fda8eebeb2a..e28f472ea59ec60c018214d257838cd4108480b5 100644
--- a/generators/core_constants.go
+++ b/generators/core_constants.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package generators
 
 const MODULE_ROOT string = "gitlab.mpi-sws.org/cld/blueprint/blueprint-compiler"
-const VERSION string = "0.0.2"
+const VERSION string = "v0.0.2"
diff --git a/generators/core_main_visitor.go b/generators/core_main_visitor.go
index ad2bc42f93f200772b5f948397ac7806132ba91b..09eac9630466d8ed9cc9eec02459ab9febb659a0 100644
--- a/generators/core_main_visitor.go
+++ b/generators/core_main_visitor.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (v *MainVisitor) modifySpecModFile() {
 	}
 	f.Module.Mod.Path = "spec"
 	f.Module.Syntax.Token = []string{"module", "spec"}
-	err = f.AddRequire("gitlab.mpi-sws.org/cld/blueprint/blueprint-compiler", "v0.0.2")
+	err = f.AddRequire("gitlab.mpi-sws.org/cld/blueprint/blueprint-compiler", VERSION)
 	if err != nil {
 		v.logger.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (v *MainVisitor) generateModFile(ctr_dir string, n *DockerContainerNode) {
 	if err != nil {
 		v.logger.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	err = f.AddRequire("gitlab.mpi-sws.org/cld/blueprint/blueprint-compiler", "v0.0.2")
+	err = f.AddRequire("gitlab.mpi-sws.org/cld/blueprint/blueprint-compiler", VERSION)
 	if err != nil {
 		v.logger.Fatal(err)
 	}