diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index f77d0a83a..87940a028 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $  git add . && git commit -m 'npm run translations'
 ```
 
 - Check and finalize `CHANGELOG.md`
-- Set release version number in `modules/core/context.js` and `package.json`
+- Set release version number in `package.json`
 
 ```bash
 $  git add . && git commit -m 'vA.B.C'
diff --git a/modules/core/context.js b/modules/core/context.js
index 7f0683255..ddce5cccc 100644
--- a/modules/core/context.js
+++ b/modules/core/context.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { dispatch as d3_dispatch } from 'd3-dispatch';
 import { json as d3_json } from 'd3-fetch';
 import { select as d3_select } from 'd3-selection';
 
+import packageJSON from '../../package.json';
+
 import { t } from '../core/localizer';
 
 import { fileFetcher } from './file_fetcher';
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ export function coreContext() {
   let context = utilRebind({}, dispatch, 'on');
   let _deferred = new Set();
 
-  context.version = '2.24.0-dev';
+  context.version = packageJSON.version;
   context.privacyVersion = '20201202';
 
   // iD will alter the hash so cache the parameters intended to setup the session
diff --git a/modules/core/file_fetcher.js b/modules/core/file_fetcher.js
index a3204dd59..701777295 100644
--- a/modules/core/file_fetcher.js
+++ b/modules/core/file_fetcher.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import parseVersion from 'vparse';
 import { presetsCdnUrl, ociCdnUrl, wmfSitematrixCdnUrl } from '../../config/id.js';
-// Double check this resolves to iD's `package.json`
+
 import packageJSON from '../../package.json';
 
 let _mainFileFetcher = coreFileFetcher(); // singleton