diff --git a/monorepo-builder.php b/monorepo-builder.php
index 0bd72719..e162dcdd 100644
--- a/monorepo-builder.php
+++ b/monorepo-builder.php
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorApplicationReleaseWriter;
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorInitReleaseWriter;
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorInitTestReleaseWriter;
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker\DefineFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker;
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker\DefineFractorInitReleaseVersionWorker;
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker\DefineFractorInitTestReleaseVersionWorker;
 use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\ComposerJsonManipulator\ValueObject\ComposerJsonSection;
 use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Config\MBConfig;
 use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Release\ReleaseWorker\PushTagReleaseWorker;
@@ -18,11 +12,6 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 return static function (MBConfig $mbConfig): void {
-    $mbConfig->services()
-        ->set(FractorApplicationReleaseWriter::class)
-        ->set(FractorInitReleaseWriter::class)
-        ->set(FractorInitTestReleaseWriter::class);
-
     $mbConfig->packageDirectories([__DIR__ . '/packages']);
     $mbConfig->defaultBranch('main');
     $mbConfig->dataToRemove([
@@ -35,9 +24,6 @@
     ]);
     // release workers - in order of execution
     $mbConfig->workers([
-        DefineFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker::class,
-        DefineFractorInitReleaseVersionWorker::class,
-        DefineFractorInitTestReleaseVersionWorker::class,
         SetCurrentMutualDependenciesReleaseWorker::class,
         TagVersionReleaseWorker::class,
         PushTagReleaseWorker::class,
diff --git a/packages/fractor-composer-json/composer.json b/packages/fractor-composer-json/composer.json
index 752d5c4e..f9bdbbd2 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-composer-json/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-composer-json/composer.json
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-doc-generator": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-doc-generator": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "ergebnis/json-printer": "^3.5",
         "nette/utils": "^4.0",
         "simonschaufi/composer-json-manipulator": "^1.0",
diff --git a/packages/fractor-fluid/composer.json b/packages/fractor-fluid/composer.json
index 62c66abf..efffa3a6 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-fluid/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-fluid/composer.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "nette/utils": "^4.0",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.11 || ^2.0"
diff --git a/packages/fractor-htaccess/composer.json b/packages/fractor-htaccess/composer.json
index a954372a..3588687d 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-htaccess/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-htaccess/composer.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "nette/utils": "^4.0",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "tivie/htaccess-parser": "^0.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/fractor-phpstan-rules/composer.json b/packages/fractor-phpstan-rules/composer.json
index b3ab2ef1..f1ecb073 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-phpstan-rules/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-phpstan-rules/composer.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.0.0"
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
diff --git a/packages/fractor-rule-generator/composer.json b/packages/fractor-rule-generator/composer.json
index b6241b8a..893f0b5e 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-rule-generator/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-rule-generator/composer.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     "type": "fractor-extension",
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "nette/utils": "^4.0",
         "symfony/config": "^5.4 || ^6.4 || ^7.0 || ^8.0",
         "symfony/console": "^5.4 || ^6.4 || ^7.0 || ^8.0",
diff --git a/packages/fractor-typoscript/composer.json b/packages/fractor-typoscript/composer.json
index de671f0f..65cbf8d6 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-typoscript/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-typoscript/composer.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "helmich/typo3-typoscript-parser": "^2.8.0",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.11 || ^2.0"
diff --git a/packages/fractor-xliff/composer.json b/packages/fractor-xliff/composer.json
index 41a95c67..5b74273c 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-xliff/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-xliff/composer.json
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
         "php": "^8.2",
         "ext-dom": "*",
         "ext-xml": "*",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "simonschaufi/pretty-xml": "^3.0.0",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.11 || ^2.0"
diff --git a/packages/fractor-xml/composer.json b/packages/fractor-xml/composer.json
index bea0de1e..e3f8502b 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-xml/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-xml/composer.json
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
         "php": "^8.2",
         "ext-dom": "*",
         "ext-xml": "*",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "simonschaufi/pretty-xml": "^3.0.0",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.11 || ^2.0"
diff --git a/packages/fractor-yaml/composer.json b/packages/fractor-yaml/composer.json
index bf95db35..bc863a9f 100644
--- a/packages/fractor-yaml/composer.json
+++ b/packages/fractor-yaml/composer.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
         "symfony/yaml": "^5.4 || ^6.4 || ^7.0 || ^8.0",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.11 || ^2.0"
diff --git a/packages/fractor/src/Console/Application/FractorApplication.php b/packages/fractor/src/Console/Application/FractorApplication.php
index e1326d86..3c2d673b 100644
--- a/packages/fractor/src/Console/Application/FractorApplication.php
+++ b/packages/fractor/src/Console/Application/FractorApplication.php
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ final class FractorApplication extends Application
 {
     public const NAME = 'Fractor';
 
-    public const FRACTOR_CONSOLE_VERSION = '1.0.0';
-
     public function __construct()
     {
-        parent::__construct(self::NAME, self::FRACTOR_CONSOLE_VERSION);
+        $fractorVersion = \Composer\InstalledVersions::getPrettyVersion('a9f/fractor') ?? 'dev';
+        parent::__construct(self::NAME, $fractorVersion);
         // run this command, if no command name is provided
         $this->setDefaultCommand('process');
     }
diff --git a/packages/typo3-fractor/bin/typo3-fractor-init.php b/packages/typo3-fractor/bin/typo3-fractor-init.php
index dc27aa61..eb9c3ab0 100644
--- a/packages/typo3-fractor/bin/typo3-fractor-init.php
+++ b/packages/typo3-fractor/bin/typo3-fractor-init.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 (new SingleCommandApplication())
     ->setName('Initialize TYPO3-Fractor configuration')
-    ->setVersion('1.0.0')
+    ->setVersion(\Composer\InstalledVersions::getPrettyVersion('a9f/typo3-fractor') ?? 'dev')
     ->setDescription('Initializes a bare configuration to start with your TYPO3 upgrade')
     ->setCode(static function (InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
         $projectDirectory = getcwd();
diff --git a/packages/typo3-fractor/composer.json b/packages/typo3-fractor/composer.json
index a011ba3d..cccf4d55 100644
--- a/packages/typo3-fractor/composer.json
+++ b/packages/typo3-fractor/composer.json
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.2",
         "ext-dom": "*",
-        "a9f/fractor": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-fluid": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-htaccess": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-typoscript": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-xliff": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-xml": "^1.0",
-        "a9f/fractor-yaml": "^1.0",
+        "a9f/fractor": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-extension-installer": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-fluid": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-htaccess": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-typoscript": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-xliff": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-xml": "self.version",
+        "a9f/fractor-yaml": "self.version",
         "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2"
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
diff --git a/src/Release/FractorApplicationReleaseWriter.php b/src/Release/FractorApplicationReleaseWriter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ad45f899..00000000
--- a/src/Release/FractorApplicationReleaseWriter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release;
-
-use a9f\Fractor\Console\Application\FractorApplication;
-use Nette\Utils\FileSystem;
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-final class FractorApplicationReleaseWriter
-{
-    public function write(string $version): void
-    {
-        $applicationFile = __DIR__ . '/../../packages/fractor/src/Console/Application/FractorApplication.php';
-        $content = Filesystem::read($applicationFile);
-        $content = Strings::replace(
-            $content,
-            '/(const FRACTOR_CONSOLE_VERSION = \')\d+\.\d+\.\d+/',
-            'const FRACTOR_CONSOLE_VERSION = \'' . $version
-        );
-        FileSystem::write($applicationFile, $content);
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(string $version): string
-    {
-        return \sprintf('Add "%s" to "%s"', $version, FractorApplication::class);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Release/FractorInitReleaseWriter.php b/src/Release/FractorInitReleaseWriter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 24f5b6a8..00000000
--- a/src/Release/FractorInitReleaseWriter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release;
-
-use Nette\Utils\FileSystem;
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-final class FractorInitReleaseWriter
-{
-    public function write(string $version): void
-    {
-        $typo3FractorInitFile = __DIR__ . '/../../packages/typo3-fractor/bin/typo3-fractor-init.php';
-        $content = Filesystem::read($typo3FractorInitFile);
-        $content = Strings::replace($content, '/(->setVersion\(\')\d+\.\d+\.\d+/', '->setVersion(\'' . $version);
-        FileSystem::write($typo3FractorInitFile, $content);
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(string $version): string
-    {
-        return \sprintf('Add "%s" to "%s"', $version, 'packages/typo3-fractor/bin/typo3-fractor-init.php');
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Release/FractorInitTestReleaseWriter.php b/src/Release/FractorInitTestReleaseWriter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 71fbad40..00000000
--- a/src/Release/FractorInitTestReleaseWriter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release;
-
-use Nette\Utils\FileSystem;
-use Nette\Utils\Strings;
-
-final class FractorInitTestReleaseWriter
-{
-    public function write(string $version): void
-    {
-        $typo3FractorInitFile = __DIR__ . '/../../packages/typo3-fractor/tests/Functional/Bin/InitCommandTest.php';
-        $content = Filesystem::read($typo3FractorInitFile);
-        $content = Strings::replace($content, '/(->setVersion\(\')\d+\.\d+\.\d+/', '->setVersion(\'' . $version);
-        FileSystem::write($typo3FractorInitFile, $content);
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(string $version): string
-    {
-        return \sprintf(
-            'Add "%s" to "%s"',
-            $version,
-            'packages/typo3-fractor/tests/Functional/Bin/InitCommandTest.php'
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker.php b/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 47a5508e..00000000
--- a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker;
-
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorApplicationReleaseWriter;
-use PharIo\Version\Version;
-use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Release\Contract\ReleaseWorker\ReleaseWorkerInterface;
-
-final readonly class DefineFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker implements ReleaseWorkerInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        private FractorApplicationReleaseWriter $fractorApplicationReleaseWriter
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(Version $version): string
-    {
-        return $this->fractorApplicationReleaseWriter->getDescription($version->getVersionString());
-    }
-
-    public function work(Version $version): void
-    {
-        $this->fractorApplicationReleaseWriter->write($version->getVersionString());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorInitReleaseVersionWorker.php b/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorInitReleaseVersionWorker.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d3fa616a..00000000
--- a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorInitReleaseVersionWorker.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker;
-
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorInitReleaseWriter;
-use PharIo\Version\Version;
-use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Release\Contract\ReleaseWorker\ReleaseWorkerInterface;
-
-final readonly class DefineFractorInitReleaseVersionWorker implements ReleaseWorkerInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        private FractorInitReleaseWriter $fractorInitReleaseWriter
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(Version $version): string
-    {
-        return $this->fractorInitReleaseWriter->getDescription($version->getVersionString());
-    }
-
-    public function work(Version $version): void
-    {
-        $this->fractorInitReleaseWriter->write($version->getVersionString());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorInitTestReleaseVersionWorker.php b/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorInitTestReleaseVersionWorker.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 68a50a8b..00000000
--- a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/DefineFractorInitTestReleaseVersionWorker.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker;
-
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorInitTestReleaseWriter;
-use PharIo\Version\Version;
-use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Release\Contract\ReleaseWorker\ReleaseWorkerInterface;
-
-final readonly class DefineFractorInitTestReleaseVersionWorker implements ReleaseWorkerInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        private FractorInitTestReleaseWriter $fractorInitTestReleaseWriter
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(Version $version): string
-    {
-        return $this->fractorInitTestReleaseWriter->getDescription($version->getVersionString());
-    }
-
-    public function work(Version $version): void
-    {
-        $this->fractorInitTestReleaseWriter->write($version->getVersionString());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/UpdateFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker.php b/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/UpdateFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 34b1225f..00000000
--- a/src/Release/ReleaseWorker/UpdateFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\ReleaseWorker;
-
-use a9f\FractorMonorepo\Release\FractorApplicationReleaseWriter;
-use PharIo\Version\Version;
-use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Release\Contract\ReleaseWorker\ReleaseWorkerInterface;
-use Symplify\MonorepoBuilder\Utils\VersionUtils;
-
-final readonly class UpdateFractorApplicationReleaseVersionWorker implements ReleaseWorkerInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        private FractorApplicationReleaseWriter $fractorApplicationReleaseWriter,
-        private VersionUtils $versionUtils
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    public function getDescription(Version $version): string
-    {
-        return $this->fractorApplicationReleaseWriter->getDescription($this->getVersionDev($version));
-    }
-
-    public function work(Version $version): void
-    {
-        $this->fractorApplicationReleaseWriter->write($this->getVersionDev($version));
-    }
-
-    private function getVersionDev(Version $version): string
-    {
-        return $this->versionUtils->getNextAliasFormat($version);
-    }
-}