diff --git a/bin/hipvars.pm b/bin/hipvars.pm
index 2a6304b0c6..736f4b7e6c 100644
--- a/bin/hipvars.pm
+++ b/bin/hipvars.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use File::Basename;
 
 $HIP_BASE_VERSION_MAJOR = "4";
 $HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR = "4";
+$HIP_BASE_VERSION_PATCH = "0";
 
 #---
 # Function to parse config file
@@ -149,5 +150,6 @@ my %hipVersion = ();
 parse_config_file("$hipvars::HIP_PATH/bin/.hipVersion", \%hipVersion);
 $HIP_VERSION_MAJOR = $hipVersion{'HIP_VERSION_MAJOR'} // $HIP_BASE_VERSION_MAJOR;
 $HIP_VERSION_MINOR = $hipVersion{'HIP_VERSION_MINOR'} // $HIP_BASE_VERSION_MINOR;
-$HIP_VERSION_PATCH = $hipVersion{'HIP_VERSION_PATCH'} // "0";
-$HIP_VERSION="$HIP_VERSION_MAJOR.$HIP_VERSION_MINOR.$HIP_VERSION_PATCH";
+$HIP_VERSION_PATCH = $hipVersion{'HIP_VERSION_PATCH'} // $HIP_BASE_VERSION_PATCH;
+$HIP_VERSION_GITHASH = $hipVersion{'HIP_VERSION_GITHASH'} // 0;
+$HIP_VERSION="$HIP_VERSION_MAJOR.$HIP_VERSION_MINOR.$HIP_VERSION_PATCH-$HIP_VERSION_GITHASH";