diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 49efc095a..63b65088c 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ source 'https://github.com/facebook/Sonar.git'
 source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs'
 # Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
 swift_version = "4.1"
+sonarkit_version = '0.6.12'
 
 target 'MyApp' do
 
-  pod 'SonarKit', '~>0.6'
+  pod 'SonarKit', '~>'+sonarkit_version
   post_install do |installer|
 
         installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
diff --git a/iOS/Sample/Podfile b/iOS/Sample/Podfile
index 98e374d2c..6da52bbae 100644
--- a/iOS/Sample/Podfile
+++ b/iOS/Sample/Podfile
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ source 'https://github.com/facebook/Sonar.git'
 source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs'
 # Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
 swift_version = "4.1"
-
+sonarkit_version = '0.6.12'
 
 target 'Sample' do
 
-  pod 'SonarKit', '~>0.6'
+  pod 'SonarKit', '~>'+sonarkit_version
   post_install do |installer|
 
         installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
diff --git a/iOS/SonarKit.podspec b/iOS/SonarKit.podspec
index 97d3587d4..0a820bb65 100644
--- a/iOS/SonarKit.podspec
+++ b/iOS/SonarKit.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 folly_compiler_flags = '-DFB_SONARKIT_ENABLED=1 -DFOLLY_NO_CONFIG -DFOLLY_MOBILE=1 -DFOLLY_USE_LIBCPP=1 -DFOLLY_HAVE_LIBGFLAGS=0 -DFOLLY_HAVE_LIBJEMALLOC=0 -DFOLLY_HAVE_PREADV=0 -DFOLLY_HAVE_PWRITEV=0 -DFOLLY_HAVE_TFO=0 -DFOLLY_USE_SYMBOLIZER=0'
 yoga_version = '~> 1.9'
 yogakit_version = '~>1.8'
-
+sonarkit_version = '0.6.12'
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name = 'SonarKit'
   spec.version = '0.6.12'
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.authors = 'Facebook'
   spec.static_framework = true
   spec.source = { :git => 'https://github.com/facebook/Sonar.git',
-                  :tag=> "v0.6.12" }
+                  :tag=> "v"+sonarkit_version }
   spec.module_name = 'SonarKit'
   spec.platforms = { :ios => "8.4" }
 
   spec.subspec "Core" do |ss|
     ss.dependency 'Folly', '~>1.0'
-    ss.dependency 'Sonar', '~>0.6'
+    ss.dependency 'Sonar', '~>'+sonarkit_version
     ss.dependency 'CocoaAsyncSocket', '~> 7.6'
     ss.dependency 'PeerTalk', '~>0.0.2'
     ss.dependency 'OpenSSL-Static', '1.0.2.c1'
diff --git a/xplat/Sonar/Sonar.podspec b/xplat/Sonar/Sonar.podspec
index 0792dfb1c..5c039f6fa 100644
--- a/xplat/Sonar/Sonar.podspec
+++ b/xplat/Sonar/Sonar.podspec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+sonarkit_version = '0.6.12'
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name = 'Sonar'
-  spec.version = '0.6.12'
+  spec.version = sonarkit_version
   spec.license = { :type => 'MIT' }
   spec.homepage = 'https://github.com/facebook/sonar'
   spec.summary = 'SonarKit core cpp code with network implementation'
   spec.authors = 'Facebook'
   spec.source = { :git => 'https://github.com/facebook/Sonar.git',
-                  :tag => 'v0.6.12' }
+                  :tag => 'v'+sonarkit_version }
   spec.module_name = 'Sonar'
   spec.public_header_files = 'xplat/Sonar/*.h'
   spec.source_files = 'xplat/Sonar/*.{h,cpp,m,mm}'