diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 0259664..80599f1 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ builds:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     ldflags:
       - -s -w
-      - -X github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/internal/version.version={{ .Version }}
-      - -X github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/internal/version.commitHash={{ .ShortCommit }}
-      - -X github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/internal/version.buildDate={{ .Date }}
+      - -X github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/internal/version.commit={{ .ShortCommit }}
     goos:
       - darwin
       - linux
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be08cc9..09e7e27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ LICENSE       := MIT
 # Build variables
 BUILD_DIR    := bin
 COMMIT_HASH  ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-BUILD_DATE   ?= $(shell date +%FT%T%z)
 CUR_VERSION  ?= $(shell git describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null || git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0-$(COMMIT_HASH)")
 COVERAGE_OUT := coverage.out
 
@@ -26,9 +25,7 @@ GO_PACKAGE  := github.com/$(PROJECT_OWNER)/$(PROJECT_NAME)
 GOOS        ?= $(shell $(GO) env GOOS)
 GOARCH      ?= $(shell $(GO) env GOARCH)
 
-GOLDFLAGS   += -X $(GO_PACKAGE)/internal/version.version=$(CUR_VERSION)
-GOLDFLAGS   += -X $(GO_PACKAGE)/internal/version.commitHash=$(COMMIT_HASH)
-GOLDFLAGS   += -X $(GO_PACKAGE)/internal/version.buildDate=$(BUILD_DATE)
+GOLDFLAGS   += -X $(GO_PACKAGE)/internal/version.commit=$(COMMIT_HASH)
 
 GOBUILD     ?= CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GO) build -ldflags="$(GOLDFLAGS)"
 GORUN       ?= GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) $(GO) run
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 7dc3bdd..6631cae 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/pretty"
 	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/tfvars"
 	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/toml"
-	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/version"
+	versioncmd "github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/version"
 	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/xml"
 	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/cmd/yaml"
 	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/internal/cli"
+	"github.com/terraform-docs/terraform-docs/internal/version"
 )
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 	// other subcommands
 	cmd.AddCommand(completion.NewCommand())
-	cmd.AddCommand(version.NewCommand())
+	cmd.AddCommand(versioncmd.NewCommand())
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/version/version.go b/cmd/version/version.go
index fcb88ab..e253e5c 100644
--- a/cmd/version/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version/version.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "version",
 		Short: "Print the version number of terraform-docs",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("terraform-docs version %s\n", Full())
+			fmt.Printf("terraform-docs version %s\n", version.Full())
 			plugins, err := plugin.Discover()
 			if err != nil {
 				return
@@ -46,8 +46,3 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	return cmd
 }
-
-// Full returns the full version of the binary
-func Full() string {
-	return version.Full()
-}
diff --git a/internal/cli/run.go b/internal/cli/run.go
index 3031a3f..bc4e6d7 100644
--- a/internal/cli/run.go
+++ b/internal/cli/run.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func PreRunEFunc(config *Config) func(*cobra.Command, []string) error { //nolint
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to decode config, %w", err)
 		}
 
-		if err := checkConstraint(config.Version, version.Short()); err != nil {
+		if err := checkConstraint(config.Version, version.Core()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 360ee82..4d29dcb 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -13,46 +13,38 @@ package version
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // current version
-const dev = "v0.13.0"
-
-// Provisioned by ldflags
-var (
-	version    string
-	commitHash string
-	buildDate  string
+const (
+	coreVersion = "0.14.0"
+	prerelease  = "alpha"
 )
 
-// Load defaults for info variables
-func init() {
-	if version == "" {
-		version = dev
-	}
-	if version == "v0.0.0-" { // building in a directory which is not a git repository
-		version = dev
-	}
-	if commitHash == "" {
-		commitHash = dev
-	}
-	if buildDate == "" {
-		buildDate = time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
-	}
+// Provisioned by ldflags
+var commit string
+
+// Core return the core version.
+func Core() string {
+	return coreVersion
 }
 
-// Short return the version of the binary
+// Short return the version with pre-release, if available.
 func Short() string {
-	return version
+	v := coreVersion
+
+	if prerelease != "" {
+		v += "-" + prerelease
+	}
+
+	return v
 }
 
-// Full return the full version of the binary including commit hash and build date
+// Full return the full version including pre-release, commit hash, runtime os and arch.
 func Full() string {
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(version, commitHash) {
-		version += " " + commitHash
+	if commit != "" && commit[:1] != " " {
+		commit = " " + commit
 	}
-	osArch := runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s BuildDate: %s", version, osArch, buildDate)
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("v%s%s %s/%s", Short(), commit, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 }