diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d63b061c..dfca7cb1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ INCLUDE (GNUInstallDirs)
 PROJECT (c-ares C)
 
 # Set this version before release
-SET (CARES_VERSION "1.14.0")
+SET (CARES_VERSION "1.14.1")
 
 # This is for libtool compatibility, and specified in a form that is easily
 # translatable from libtool (even if the actual form doesn't make sense).
diff --git a/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.md b/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.md
index 0062f4e3..b2fe5863 100644
--- a/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.md
+++ b/RELEASE-PROCEDURE.md
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ in the source code repo
 
 - edit `RELEASE-NOTES` to be accurate
 
-- edit `configure.ac` and `CMakeLists.txt` to set the current version.
-  This is used to generate libcares.pc, otherwise it would not be necessary.
-
 - edit `Makefile.am`'s `CARES_VERSION_INFO`, and `CMakeLists.txt`'s
   `CARES_LIB_VERSIONINFO` set to the same value to denote the current shared
   object versioning.
diff --git a/maketgz b/maketgz
index e582ff3a..684dd832 100755
--- a/maketgz
+++ b/maketgz
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ if(!-f "configure") {
 print "adding $version in the configure.ac file\n";
 `sed -e 's/AC_INIT.*/AC_INIT([c-ares], [$version],/' < configure.ac > configure.ac.dist`;
 
+print "adding $version in the CMakeLists.txt file\n";
+`sed -e 's/SET.*CARES_VERSION.*/SET (CARES_VERSION "$version")/' < CMakeLists.txt > CMakeLists.txt.dist && rm -f CMakeLists.txt && mv CMakeLists.txt.dist CMakeLists.txt`;
+
 # now make a new configure script with this
 print "makes a new configure script\n";
 `autoconf configure.ac.dist >configure`;