diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b54ae29c..663eba656 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ execute_process(
     COMMAND "${get_version_script}" ${get_version_enterprise}
                 "${MEMGRAPH_OVERRIDE_VERSION}"
                 "${MEMGRAPH_OVERRIDE_VERSION_SUFFIX}"
+                "--memgraph-root-dir"
+                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
 )
 if(MEMGRAPH_VERSION_RESULT AND NOT MEMGRAPH_VERSION_RESULT EQUAL 0)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to get Memgraph version.")
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ execute_process(
                 --variant deb
                 "${MEMGRAPH_OVERRIDE_VERSION}"
                 "${MEMGRAPH_OVERRIDE_VERSION_SUFFIX}"
+                "--memgraph-root-dir"
+                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
 )
 if(MEMGRAPH_VERSION_DEB_RESULT AND NOT MEMGRAPH_VERSION_DEB_RESULT EQUAL 0)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to get Memgraph DEB version.")
@@ -104,6 +108,8 @@ execute_process(
                 --variant rpm
                 "${MEMGRAPH_OVERRIDE_VERSION}"
                 "${MEMGRAPH_OVERRIDE_VERSION_SUFFIX}"
+                "--memgraph-root-dir"
+                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
 )
 if(MEMGRAPH_VERSION_RPM_RESULT AND NOT MEMGRAPH_VERSION_RPM_RESULT EQUAL 0)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to get Memgraph RPM version.")
diff --git a/release/get_version.py b/release/get_version.py
index 1d5865837..a3956d433 100755
--- a/release/get_version.py
+++ b/release/get_version.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import argparse
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import os
 
 
 # This script is used to determine the current version of Memgraph. The script
@@ -161,8 +162,17 @@ parser.add_argument(
 parser.add_argument(
     "--variant", choices=("binary", "deb", "rpm"), default="binary",
     help="which variant of the version string should be generated")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--memgraph-root-dir", help="The root directory of the checked out "
+    "Memgraph repository.", default=".")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
+if not os.path.isdir(args.memgraph_root_dir):
+    raise Exception("The root directory ({}) is not a valid directory".format(
+        args.memgraph_root_dir))
+
+os.chdir(args.memgraph_root_dir)
+
 offering = "enterprise" if args.enterprise else "community"
 
 # Check whether the version was manually supplied.