diff --git a/cron/controller/main.go b/cron/controller/main.go
index ee543700..47630534 100644
--- a/cron/controller/main.go
+++ b/cron/controller/main.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/release-utils/version"
 
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/cron/config"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/cron/data"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/cron/pubsub"
-	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/pkg"
 )
 
 var headSHA = clients.HeadSHA
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	*metadata.NumShard = (shardNum + 1)
 	*metadata.ShardLoc = bucket + "/" + data.GetBlobFilename("", t)
-	*metadata.CommitSha = pkg.GetCommit()
+	*metadata.CommitSha = version.GetVersionInfo().GitCommit
 	metadataJSON, err := protojson.Marshal(&metadata)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("error during protojson.Marshal: %w", err))
diff --git a/pkg/scorecard.go b/pkg/scorecard.go
index 0cc42b5f..f84275bf 100644
--- a/pkg/scorecard.go
+++ b/pkg/scorecard.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/release-utils/version"
+
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/checker"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/clients"
 	sce "github.com/ossf/scorecard/v4/errors"
@@ -96,15 +98,15 @@ func RunScorecards(ctx context.Context,
 	if err != nil {
 		return ScorecardResult{}, err
 	}
-
+	versionInfo := version.GetVersionInfo()
 	ret := ScorecardResult{
 		Repo: RepoInfo{
 			Name:      repo.URI(),
 			CommitSHA: commitSHA,
 		},
 		Scorecard: ScorecardInfo{
-			Version:   GetSemanticVersion(),
-			CommitSHA: GetCommit(),
+			Version:   versionInfo.GitVersion,
+			CommitSHA: versionInfo.GitCommit,
 		},
 		Date: time.Now(),
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scorecard_version.go b/pkg/scorecard_version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 55acc8fd..00000000
--- a/pkg/scorecard_version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2021 Security Scorecard Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package pkg
-
-import (
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// Base version information.
-//
-// This is the fallback data used when version information from git is not
-// provided via go ldflags in the Makefile. See version.mk.
-var (
-	// Output of "git describe". The prerequisite is that the branch should be
-	// tagged using the correct versioning strategy.
-	gitVersion = "unknown"
-	// SHA1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD).
-	gitCommit = "unknown"
-	// State of git tree, either "clean" or "dirty".
-	gitTreeState = "unknown"
-	// Build date in ISO8601 format.
-	buildDate = "unknown"
-)
-
-// GetTagVersion returns the scorecard version
-// fr the release GitHub tag, i.e. v.X.Y.Z.
-func GetTagVersion() string {
-	return gitVersion
-}
-
-// GetSemanticVersion returns the semantic version,
-// i.e., X.Y.Z.
-func GetSemanticVersion() string {
-	tv := GetTagVersion()
-	if strings.HasPrefix(tv, "v") {
-		return tv[1:]
-	}
-	return tv
-}
-
-// GetCommit returns the GitHub's commit hash that scorecard was built from.
-func GetCommit() string {
-	return gitCommit
-}
-
-// GetTreeState returns the git tree state.
-func GetTreeState() string {
-	return gitTreeState
-}
-
-// GetBuildDate returns the date scorecard was build.
-func GetBuildDate() string {
-	return buildDate
-}
-
-// GetGoVersion returns the Go version used to build scorecard.
-func GetGoVersion() string {
-	return runtime.Version()
-}
-
-// GetOS returns the OS the build can run on.
-func GetOS() string {
-	return runtime.GOOS
-}
-
-// GetArch returns the architecture (e.g., x86) the build can run on.
-func GetArch() string {
-	return runtime.GOARCH
-}
-
-// GetCompiler returns the compiler that was used to build scorecard.
-func GetCompiler() string {
-	return runtime.Compiler
-}
diff --git a/scripts/version-ldflags b/scripts/version-ldflags
index 2e88d24b..6065e10a 100755
--- a/scripts/version-ldflags
+++ b/scripts/version-ldflags
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 # https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log --date=iso8601-strict -1 --pretty=%ct)
 GIT_TREESTATE=$(if git diff --quiet; then echo "clean"; else echo "dirty"; fi)
-PKG=$(go list -m | head -n1)/pkg
-echo "-X $PKG.gitVersion=$GIT_VERSION -X $PKG.gitCommit=$GIT_HASH -X $PKG.gitTreeState=$GIT_TREESTATE -X $PKG.buildDate=$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH -w -extldflags \"-static\""
\ No newline at end of file
+PKG=sigs.k8s.io/release-utils/version
+echo "-X $PKG.gitVersion=$GIT_VERSION -X $PKG.gitCommit=$GIT_HASH -X $PKG.gitTreeState=$GIT_TREESTATE -X $PKG.buildDate=$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH -w -extldflags \"-static\""