diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 863fe55..2312dc5 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-npx ts-node ./check-version.ts
 npx lint-staged
diff --git a/check-version.ts b/check-version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f993d4c..0000000
--- a/check-version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { version as hardCodedVersion } from './lib/version';
-import packageJson from './package.json';
-
-if (packageJson.version !== hardCodedVersion) {
-  console.error(`You need to update \`./lib/version.ts\` to match the version in package.json before committing!
-
-package.json version: \x1B[1;32m${packageJson.version}\x1B[m
-hard coded version:   \x1B[1;31m${hardCodedVersion}\x1B[m`);
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-process.exit(0);
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 26cc72c..9950ca5 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default [
     ignores: ['coverage/**', 'dist/**', 'examples/**', 'node_modules/**'],
   },
   {
-    files: ['index.ts', 'lib/**/*.ts', 'check-version.ts'],
+    files: ['index.ts', 'lib/**/*.ts'],
     languageOptions: {
       parser: tsParser,
       parserOptions: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd90b52..1f5806a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@
   "repository": "customerio/customerio-node",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "nyc ava",
+    "prebuild": "node scripts/sync-version.js",
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
     "format": "prettier --write .",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "prepare": "husky",
-    "version": "node update-version.js"
+    "version": "node scripts/sync-version.js && git add lib/version.ts"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{js,json,md,ts,yml,yaml}": "prettier --write",
diff --git a/scripts/sync-version.js b/scripts/sync-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6414f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sync-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const { version } = require('../package.json');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+const { writeFileSync } = require('fs');
+
+writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, '..', 'lib', 'version.ts'), `export const version = '${version}';\n`);
diff --git a/tsconfig.eslint.json b/tsconfig.eslint.json
index 4192953..c5151a7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.eslint.json
+++ b/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "noEmit": true
   },
-  "include": ["index.ts", "lib/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts", "check-version.ts"]
+  "include": ["index.ts", "lib/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/update-version.js b/update-version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fed619..0000000
--- a/update-version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const packageJson = require('./package.json');
-const { resolve } = require('path');
-const { writeFileSync } = require('fs');
-
-writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, 'lib/version.ts'), `export const version = '${packageJson.version}';\n`);