diff --git a/cmd/openqa-mon/openqa-mon.go b/cmd/openqa-mon/openqa-mon.go
index e525db9..8e3a573 100644
--- a/cmd/openqa-mon/openqa-mon.go
+++ b/cmd/openqa-mon/openqa-mon.go
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/grisu48/gopenqa"
+	"github.com/grisu48/openqa-mon/internal"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "1.2.1"
-
 var config Config
 var tui TUI
 
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@ func parseProgramArguments(cliargs []string) error {
 				printHelp()
 				os.Exit(0)
 			case "--version":
-				fmt.Println("openqa-mon version " + VERSION)
+				fmt.Println("openqa-mon version " + internal.VERSION)
 				os.Exit(0)
 			case "--jobs":
 				i++
@@ -736,7 +735,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(remotes) == 1 {
 		remotesString = remotes[0].URI
 	}
-	tui.SetHeader(fmt.Sprintf("openqa-mon v%s - Monitoring %s", VERSION, remotesString))
+	tui.SetHeader(fmt.Sprintf("openqa-mon v%s - Monitoring %s", internal.VERSION, remotesString))
 	tui.Model.HideStates = config.HideStates
 	tui.Update()
 	defer tui.LeaveAltScreen()
diff --git a/cmd/openqa-mq/openqa-mq.go b/cmd/openqa-mq/openqa-mq.go
index 3bfb0be..4058af5 100644
--- a/cmd/openqa-mq/openqa-mq.go
+++ b/cmd/openqa-mq/openqa-mq.go
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/grisu48/openqa-mon/internal"
 	amqp "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "1.2.1"
-
 type Config struct {
 	Remote     string   // Remote address
 	Keys       []string // Keys or "topics"
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func parseProgramArguments() error {
 				printUsage()
 				os.Exit(0)
 			} else if arg == "--version" {
-				fmt.Println("openqa-mq version " + VERSION)
+				fmt.Println("openqa-mq version " + internal.VERSION)
 				os.Exit(0)
 			} else if arg == "-r" {
 				if i >= len(args)-1 {
diff --git a/cmd/openqa-revtui/openqa-revtui.go b/cmd/openqa-revtui/openqa-revtui.go
index a85f70e..584ef47 100644
--- a/cmd/openqa-revtui/openqa-revtui.go
+++ b/cmd/openqa-revtui/openqa-revtui.go
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/grisu48/gopenqa"
+	"github.com/grisu48/openqa-mon/internal"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "1.2.1"
-
 /* Group is a single configurable monitoring unit. A group contains all parameters that will be queried from openQA */
 type Group struct {
 	Name        string
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ func parseProgramArgs() error {
 				printUsage()
 				os.Exit(0)
 			} else if arg == "--version" {
-				fmt.Println("openqa-revtui version " + VERSION)
+				fmt.Println("openqa-revtui version " + internal.VERSION)
 				os.Exit(0)
 			} else if arg == "-c" || arg == "--config" {
 				if i++; i >= n {
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ func browserJobs(jobs []gopenqa.Job) error {
 
 // main routine for the TUI instance
 func tui_main(tui *TUI, instance *gopenqa.Instance) error {
-	title := "openqa Review TUI Dashboard v" + VERSION
+	title := "openqa Review TUI Dashboard v" + internal.VERSION
 	var rabbitmq gopenqa.RabbitMQ
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/internal/main.go b/internal/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efe36de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// shared modules between the different openqa-mon applications
+package internal
+
+// VERSION gives the unified version string for all application
+const VERSION = "1.2.2"