diff --git a/C/init.c b/C/init.c
index 4b38783fd..889339e0b 100755
--- a/C/init.c
+++ b/C/init.c
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ static void
 InitVersion(void)
 {
   Yap_PutValue(AtomVersionNumber,
-	       MkAtomTerm(Yap_LookupAtom(YAP_SVERSION)));
+	       MkAtomTerm(Yap_LookupAtom(YAP_FULL_VERSION)));
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/C/qlyw.c b/C/qlyw.c
index f643740e6..15714792a 100755
--- a/C/qlyw.c
+++ b/C/qlyw.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ save_header(IOSTREAM *stream)
 {
   char     msg[256];
 
-  sprintf(msg, "#!/bin/sh\nexec_dir=${YAPBINDIR:-%s}\nexec $exec_dir/yap $0 \"$@\"\n%s", YAP_BINDIR, YAP_SVERSION);
+  sprintf(msg, "#!/bin/sh\nexec_dir=${YAPBINDIR:-%s}\nexec $exec_dir/yap $0 \"$@\"\n%s", YAP_BINDIR, YAP_FULL_VERSION);
   return save_bytes(stream, msg, strlen(msg)+1);
 }
 
diff --git a/C/save.c b/C/save.c
index 918651dbd..7ec1f6212 100755
--- a/C/save.c
+++ b/C/save.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ put_info(int info, int mode USES_REGS)
 {
   char     msg[256];
 
-  sprintf(msg, "#!/bin/sh\nexec_dir=${YAPBINDIR:-%s}\nexec $exec_dir/yap $0 \"$@\"\n%cYAP-%s", YAP_BINDIR, 1, YAP_SVERSION);
+  sprintf(msg, "#!/bin/sh\nexec_dir=${YAPBINDIR:-%s}\nexec $exec_dir/yap $0 \"$@\"\n%cYAP-%s", YAP_BINDIR, 1, YAP_FULL_VERSION);
   if (mywrite(splfild, msg, strlen(msg) + 1))
     return -1;
   if (putout(Unsigned(info)) < 0)
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ check_header(CELL *info, CELL *ATrail, CELL *AStack, CELL *AHeap USES_REGS)
     }
   } while (pp[0] != 1);
   /* now check the version */
-  sprintf(msg, "YAP-%s", YAP_SVERSION);
+  sprintf(msg, "YAP-%s", YAP_FULL_VERSION);
   {
     int count = 0, n, to_read = Unsigned(strlen(msg) + 1);
     while (count < to_read) {
diff --git a/C/yap-args.c b/C/yap-args.c
index 23f355112..8da768354 100755
--- a/C/yap-args.c
+++ b/C/yap-args.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ dump_runtime_variables(void)
   fprintf(stdout,"YAP_ROOTDIR=\"%s\"\n",YAP_ROOTDIR);
   fprintf(stdout,"YAP_LIBS=\"%s\"\n",C_LIBS);
   fprintf(stdout,"YAP_SHLIB_SUFFIX=\"%s\"\n",SO_EXT);
-  fprintf(stdout,"YAP_VERSION=%d\n",YAP_VERSION);
+  fprintf(stdout,"YAP_VERSION=%d\n",YAP_NUMERIC_VERSION);
   exit(0);
   return 1;
 }