diff --git a/cri-tools.changes b/cri-tools.changes
index b7bbbbc..38faffe 100644
--- a/cri-tools.changes
+++ b/cri-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 13 07:50:12 UTC 2018 - Valentin Rothberg <vrothberg@suse.com>
+
+- crictl/critest: compile version
+
+- Require golang >= 1.10.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  2 07:30:42 UTC 2018 - Valentin Rothberg <vrothberg@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cri-tools.spec b/cri-tools.spec
index 1c8436c..f61e73b 100644
--- a/cri-tools.spec
+++ b/cri-tools.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        crictl.yaml
 BuildRequires:  go-go-md2man
 BuildRequires:  golang-packaging
-BuildRequires:  golang(API) >= 1.9
+BuildRequires:  golang(API) >= 1.10
 # disable stripping of binaries
 %{go_nostrip}
 
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ cd $HOME/go/src/%{project}
 
 go build -buildmode=pie \
          -o bin/crictl \
+         -ldflags '-X %{project}/pkg/version.Version=%{version}' \
          %{project}/cmd/crictl
 
 go test -buildmode=pie \
         -o bin/critest \
+        -ldflags '-X %{project}/pkg/version.Version=%{version}' \
         -c %{project}/cmd/critest
 
 # compile the manpages