1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 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);