diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b079dcc6bda77507c8120a4dd02db2b9069e97e7..afccb5f1811065c1978d40cb2da3eefca1950911 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sonarqube:
   image: registry.faked.org/gitlab-ci/sonar-scanner
   stage: test
   script:
-    - sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectBaseDir=$(pwd)
+    - sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectBaseDir=$(pwd) -Dsonar.projectVersion=${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
 ```
 
 Make sure you put a `sonar-project.properties` file into the root of your repo:
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ sonar.host.url=https://sonar.example.com
 sonar.login=AValidSonarqubeUserToken
 sonar.projectKey=myproject
 sonar.projectName=My Project
-sonar.projectVersion=1
 sonar.sources=app
 ```