diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c831788..f5b0125 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-project(BoostAssert LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(BoostAssert VERSION 1.69.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 add_library(boost_assert INTERFACE)
 add_library(Boost::assert ALIAS boost_assert)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index be878b5..d91307f 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 # See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
 
 boost_test_jamfile(FILE Jamfile.v2 LIBRARIES Boost::assert Boost::core)
+boost_test(SOURCES check_cmake_version.cpp ARGUMENTS ${PROJECT_VERSION} LIBRARIES Boost::core Boost::config)
diff --git a/test/check_cmake_version.cpp b/test/check_cmake_version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fd4648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/check_cmake_version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Check whether the version in CMakeLists.txt is up to date
+//
+// Copyright 2018 Peter Dimov
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//
+// See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+#include <boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp>
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+int main( int ac, char const* av[] )
+{
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ( ac, 2 );
+
+    if( ac >= 2 )
+    {
+        char version[ 64 ];
+        std::sprintf( version, "%d.%d.%d", BOOST_VERSION / 100000, BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000, BOOST_VERSION % 100 );
+
+        BOOST_TEST_CSTR_EQ( av[1], version );
+    }
+
+    return boost::report_errors();
+}