2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sshconnect.c b/sshconnect.c
index f8ebd9875..180da43cd 100644
--- a/sshconnect.c
+++ b/sshconnect.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ ssh_exchange_identification(void)
         snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "SSH-%d.%d-%.100s\n",
             compat20 ? PROTOCOL_MAJOR_2 : PROTOCOL_MAJOR_1,
             compat20 ? PROTOCOL_MINOR_2 : minor1,
-            SSH_VERSION);
+            SSH_RELEASE);
         if (atomicio(vwrite, connection_out, buf, strlen(buf)) != strlen(buf))
                 fatal("write: %.100s", strerror(errno));
         client_version_string = xstrdup(buf);
diff --git a/sshd.c b/sshd.c
index a2e0e9320..416270e37 100644
--- a/sshd.c
+++ b/sshd.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ sshd_exchange_identification(int sock_in, int sock_out)
                 major = PROTOCOL_MAJOR_1;
                 minor = PROTOCOL_MINOR_1;
         }
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "SSH-%d.%d-%.100s\n", major, minor, SSH_VERSION);
+        snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "SSH-%d.%d-%.100s\n", major, minor, SSH_RELEASE);
         server_version_string = xstrdup(buf);
 
         /* Send our protocol version identification. */