diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/revbayes/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/revbayes/package.py
index 5f556683924..5e02dc974da 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/revbayes/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/revbayes/package.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ def root_cmakelists_dir(self):
     def regenerate(self):
         with working_dir(join_path('projects', 'cmake')):
             mkdirp('build')
+            if self.spec.version > Version('1.0.13'):
+                generate_version = Executable('./generate_version_number.sh')
+                generate_version()
+                dest = join_path('..', '..', 'src', 'revlanguage', 'utils')
+                install('GitVersion.cpp', dest)
             edit = FileFilter('regenerate.sh')
             edit.filter('boost="true"', 'boost="false"')
             if '+mpi' in self.spec: