diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 448e5e02d55b895a4e1607fd104d2d4853712315..a9603c550f89f106fcc9da818a7bd67492ec863f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
 
-file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.txt" version)
+file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.txt" version)
 add_definitions(-DPROJECT_VERSION="${version}")
-file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/project_name.txt" project)
+file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/project_name.txt" project)
 
 message(STATUS "Project name: ${project}")
 message(STATUS "Project version: ${version}")