diff --git a/.changes/fix-windows-exe-version.md b/.changes/fix-windows-exe-version.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af4c0c2db5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-windows-exe-version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-build": patch
+---
+
+Properly set file version information for the Windows executable.
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml
index 985aa452461..de3c369572a 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 
 [target."cfg(windows)".dependencies]
 winres = "0.1"
+semver = "1"
 
 [features]
 codegen = [ "tauri-codegen", "quote" ]
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
index 2adc2f552c4..bb8730e43d6 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ pub fn try_build(attributes: Attributes) -> Result<()> {
   #[cfg(windows)]
   {
     use anyhow::Context;
-    use winres::WindowsResource;
+    use semver::Version;
+    use winres::{VersionInfo, WindowsResource};
 
     let icon_path_string = attributes
       .windows_attributes
@@ -276,6 +277,11 @@ pub fn try_build(attributes: Attributes) -> Result<()> {
         }
       }
       if let Some(version) = &config.package.version {
+        if let Ok(v) = Version::parse(version) {
+          let version = v.major << 48 | v.minor << 32 | v.patch << 16;
+          res.set_version_info(VersionInfo::FILEVERSION, version);
+          res.set_version_info(VersionInfo::PRODUCTVERSION, version);
+        }
         res.set("FileVersion", version);
         res.set("ProductVersion", version);
       }