diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 37a531181b..bd5f785fea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Format & Shader Checks
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: echo "VERSION=$(cat .zigversion)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: echo "VERSION=$(grep -i "minimum_zig_version" build.zig.zon | cut -d'"' -f2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: echo "VERSION=$(cat .zigversion)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: echo "VERSION=$(grep -i "minimum_zig_version" build.zig.zon | cut -d'"' -f2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 87d066645d..82ff8fa173 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: echo "VERSION=$(cat .zigversion)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: echo "VERSION=$(grep -i "minimum_zig_version" build.zig.zon | cut -d'"' -f2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
diff --git a/.zigversion b/.zigversion
deleted file mode 100644
index d183d4ace0..0000000000
--- a/.zigversion
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.16.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 90e68ec5a7..38c6f55925 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .{
 	.name = .Cubyzig,
 	.fingerprint = 0x782a2e402c0ee887,
+	.minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
 	.version = "0.0.0",
 	.paths = .{""},
 	.dependencies = .{
diff --git a/scripts/install_compiler_linux.sh b/scripts/install_compiler_linux.sh
index ffe641a544..69140d26a9 100755
--- a/scripts/install_compiler_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_compiler_linux.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fail () {
 
 echo "Detecting Zig compiler..."
 
-BASE_VERSION=$(< .zigversion)
+BASE_VERSION=$(grep -i "minimum_zig_version" build.zig.zon | cut -d'"' -f2)
 
 case "$(uname -s)" in
 "Darwin")
diff --git a/scripts/install_compiler_windows.bat b/scripts/install_compiler_windows.bat
index 8b943cd84f..098583755e 100644
--- a/scripts/install_compiler_windows.bat
+++ b/scripts/install_compiler_windows.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 echo Detecting Zig compiler...
 
-set /p baseVersion=<".zigversion"
+for /f "tokens=2 delims== " %%A in ('findstr "minimum_zig_version" build.zig.zon') do set "baseVersion=%%A"
+set "baseVersion=%baseVersion:~1,-2%"
 
 IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64"	(set arch=x86_64)
 IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="IA64"	(set arch=x86_64)