diff --git a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
index d158559dc9..2c04d58617 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/InstallationHelper.cmake
@@ -1,65 +1,65 @@
 # This file contains facilities for installing the files.
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 function(install_target _target)
 	install(
 		TARGETS ${_target}
 		RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
 		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 		PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}"
 	)
 endfunction()
 
 function(install_shared_library NAME)
 	cmake_parse_arguments(ARG
 		""
 		""
 		"PUBLIC_HEADER"
 		${ARGN}
 	)
 
 	set(_sources ${ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS})
 
 	get_target_property(_target_type ${NAME} TYPE)
 	if(_target_type STREQUAL "SHARED_LIBRARY")
 		set(_shared_name "${NAME}")
 		target_sources(${NAME} PRIVATE ${_sources})
 	else()
 		set(_shared_name "${NAME}-shared")
 		add_library(${_shared_name} SHARED ${_sources})
 		target_link_libraries(${_shared_name} ${NAME})
 	endif()
 
 	if(ARG_PUBLIC_HEADER)
-		list(APPEND _properties PUBLIC_HEADER ${ARG_PUBLIC_HEADER})
+		set_property(TARGET ${_shared_name} PROPERTY PUBLIC_HEADER ${ARG_PUBLIC_HEADER})
 	endif()
 
 	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 		# FIXME For compatibility reason with autotools, the version is set
 		# to 0.0.0 (major being actually 0). This is obviously wrong and the
 		# version of the library should reflect the version of the release.
 		# On platforms other than linux, only the major version (0) is used.
 		# Replace the VERSION line with the statement below to set the
 		# correct version:
-		# set(_properties VERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION}")
-		list(APPEND _properties VERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}.0.0")
+		# set(_properties VERSION "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
+		list(APPEND _properties VERSION "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.0.0")
 	else()
-		list(APPEND _properties VERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+		list(APPEND _properties VERSION "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 	endif()
 
 	# For autotools compatibility, rename the library to ${OUTPUT_NAME}-0.dll
 	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-		list(APPEND _properties OUTPUT_NAME "${NAME}-${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+		list(APPEND _properties OUTPUT_NAME "${NAME}-${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 		# DLL_EXPORT is defined by libtool, and is expected by some sources.
 		target_compile_definitions(${_shared_name} PRIVATE DLL_EXPORT)
 	else()
 		list(APPEND _properties OUTPUT_NAME "${NAME}")
 	endif()
 
-	list(APPEND _properties SOVERSION "${bitcoin-abc_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+	list(APPEND _properties SOVERSION "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 
 	set_target_properties(${_shared_name} PROPERTIES ${_properties})
 
 	install_target(${_shared_name})
 endfunction()