diff --git a/extcap/androiddump.c b/extcap/androiddump.c
index b3acf94636..9bf753d7cf 100644
--- a/extcap/androiddump.c
+++ b/extcap/androiddump.c
@@ -2554,7 +2554,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         switch (result) {
 
         case OPT_VERSION:
-            printf("%s.%s.%s\n", ANDROIDDUMP_VERSION_MAJOR, ANDROIDDUMP_VERSION_MINOR, ANDROIDDUMP_VERSION_RELEASE);
+            printf("%s\n", extcap_conf->version);
             return EXIT_CODE_SUCCESS;
         case OPT_HELP:
             extcap_help_print(extcap_conf);
diff --git a/extcap/ciscodump.c b/extcap/ciscodump.c
index f3eedb6a31..6a5ab8adcc 100644
--- a/extcap/ciscodump.c
+++ b/extcap/ciscodump.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			goto end;
 
 		case OPT_VERSION:
-			printf("%s.%s.%s\n", CISCODUMP_VERSION_MAJOR, CISCODUMP_VERSION_MINOR, CISCODUMP_VERSION_RELEASE);
+			printf("%s\n", extcap_conf->version);
 			goto end;
 
 		case OPT_REMOTE_HOST:
diff --git a/extcap/extcap-base.c b/extcap/extcap-base.c
index acb2602a54..3e690fec1d 100644
--- a/extcap/extcap-base.c
+++ b/extcap/extcap-base.c
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ void extcap_help_add_option(extcap_parameters * extcap, const char * help_option
     extcap->help_options = g_list_append(extcap->help_options, o);
 }
 
-
 void extcap_help_add_header(extcap_parameters * extcap, char * help_header)
 {
     extcap->help_header = g_strdup(help_header);
diff --git a/extcap/randpktdump.c b/extcap/randpktdump.c
index a64474d9ff..420caa45d6 100644
--- a/extcap/randpktdump.c
+++ b/extcap/randpktdump.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	while ((result = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":", longopts, &option_idx)) != -1) {
 		switch (result) {
 		case OPT_VERSION:
-			printf("%s.%s.%s\n", RANDPKTDUMP_VERSION_MAJOR, RANDPKTDUMP_VERSION_MINOR, RANDPKTDUMP_VERSION_RELEASE);
+			printf("%s\n", extcap_conf->version);
 			ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 			goto end;
 
diff --git a/extcap/sshdump.c b/extcap/sshdump.c
index 278a3a58df..e3385c6b6d 100644
--- a/extcap/sshdump.c
+++ b/extcap/sshdump.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			goto end;
 
 		case OPT_VERSION:
-			printf("%s.%s.%s\n", SSHDUMP_VERSION_MAJOR, SSHDUMP_VERSION_MINOR, SSHDUMP_VERSION_RELEASE);
+			printf("%s\n", extcap_conf->version);
 			ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 			goto end;