diff --git a/update_latest.sh b/update_latest.sh
index 447f171c2..355a22a6d 100755
--- a/update_latest.sh
+++ b/update_latest.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ ln -sf --no-target-directory ../downloads/$version latest/directory
 for f in $(ls "downloads/$version/"); do \
     ln -sf --no-target-directory "../downloads/$version/$f" latest/$(echo $f | sed -e "s@-$version@@")
 done
+echo -n "$version" > latest/version
+