diff --git a/abci/version/version.go b/abci/version/version.go
index 7223a86ad..f4dc4d235 100644
--- a/abci/version/version.go
+++ b/abci/version/version.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package version
 
-// NOTE: we should probably be versioning the ABCI and the abci-cli separately
+import (
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version"
+)
 
-const Maj = "0"
-const Min = "12"
-const Fix = "0"
+// TODO: eliminate this after some version refactor
 
-const Version = "0.12.0"
+const Version = version.ABCIVersion
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 27b325f0f..337ce4ead 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ var (
 	GitCommit string
 )
 
+// ABCIVersion is the version of the ABCI library
+const ABCIVersion = "0.14.0"
+
 func init() {
 	if GitCommit != "" {
 		Version += "-" + GitCommit