diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj
index d8f91383a2d2a13c172f0dcf0f8c60de9c8ed40a..fdec2e7bd7f839bb89a9806f59515ad25145a12e 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Grpc.Auth.csproj
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http.WebRequest" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GoogleCredential.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OAuth2InterceptorFactory.cs" />
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 2cdf64359714a536d5cd5d1c6caee4728f675eaa..70cb32d5b2bd29f4ac51a91e50700e6ea45fd252 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Auth/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Grpc.Auth.Tests")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj
index 92e28b7d74cd2f6c8db37d264e472f16d1c70d6f..927954c448a2cfe10ee45f93f77e27bf0347c43d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Grpc.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ClientServerTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ServerTest.cs" />
@@ -63,4 +66,4 @@
     <Service Include="{82A7F48D-3B50-4B1E-B82E-3ADA8210C358}" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index d5fffb8b1830e03581c87f96596ff5137a664a60..c2e5e81e911a93e802de17f70e07dbca703db795 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.csproj
index 940143bd0a7228ef8efcf6414e4e548f474d8b47..cde42c3b7e26fe59c60696162df539014523f6db 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.csproj
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     <Compile Include="IAsyncStreamWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IAsyncStreamReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Internal\GrpcLog.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Version.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RpcException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Calls.cs" />
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index c57eef65aac7c9bea1263a4913e96459946e63f3..2b3d7530f2cf0037457d38991123c5dbf7ce6fe9 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Grpc.Core.Tests")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..972f495bd7dc06590f6dff550067b2fbb66e2c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+// The current version of gRPC C#.
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.0.*")]
+
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Grpc.Examples.MathClient.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Grpc.Examples.MathClient.csproj
index 19bb4347aa8ecf49d15bdbd05313bd3dff2270e5..5d5401593d0e165e19cdcf52f78d1a426f496aea 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Grpc.Examples.MathClient.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Grpc.Examples.MathClient.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MathClient.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -49,4 +52,4 @@
       <Name>Grpc.Examples</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index a57c540215c78175bdf777cbf23876174076864f..0fb0dbd510a861bc08bdab58476f9468befcd23b 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathClient/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Grpc.Examples.MathServer.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Grpc.Examples.MathServer.csproj
index ba6586ee5e23f3f622bf3d05c4943bb7e66b922d..677d87da205d2e4fb01d487cf4b54c01000642f4 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Grpc.Examples.MathServer.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Grpc.Examples.MathServer.csproj
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MathServer.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 6c772cb45cf44d8234c48e8796cc2e014056454b..63035b6c63b78cec07a03723375cdc24885e9e53 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.MathServer/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj
index 6e84add42baff0160a6987b2c1b909eb6c781c65..d59d7515d1ffb886bf3402dbcb2b7bc3802066d9 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Grpc.Examples.Tests.csproj
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MathClientServerTests.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 4acaeaa438e4141527af6035357c15af35fd5ab1..846afb46164eff70f7b2949a95f4666d25ba02f9 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj
index 5ce490f40340124bca527c1d18e99da249191ffc..eaf24a253c09643dd6e85b6c118b12fff00644fc 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Grpc.Examples.csproj
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Math.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MathGrpc.cs" />
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 60a7aaea137e0c8118795afbee5b41e3a73d05e2..92111389cb904c52d5498f5881997f62e2a3a15b 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Examples/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests.csproj
index 61bd70cf7bb6193ef5d79cc21136005cbc6fb116..72e110302b69e751c0d8c734456ef3f31503c742 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests.csproj
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="HealthServiceImplTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HealthClientServerTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 3dfcd51198c6cb5237ca3fab2cb7e8efa8479773..d5660305bef78671a1c62eceb082ee4886af525e 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck.Tests/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Grpc.HealthCheck.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Grpc.HealthCheck.csproj
index 4b6a4292af7b296036f57555d9bf7bff08598ccd..4ebb6446dd2d9a937bc92217a41f093d0daefa6a 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Grpc.HealthCheck.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Grpc.HealthCheck.csproj
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="HealthServiceImpl.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Health.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HealthGrpc.cs" />
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 6cfdb7e6e2cda008f24d057657fefed7a18d1eeb..41a54a98bc81a4ead5bd256994249786676d7f7e 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.HealthCheck/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
\ No newline at end of file
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client.csproj
index df05c535e2472636515ebb270c3fc89fe79a2fc0..328acb5b476467f7d19a0cc7edfb0cb54a2d4a7c 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client.csproj
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 9a389a1e30899360826ed196f78e2a71ca4696be..f51f2796c4394049a71d273c6de3ee1ae8219772 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Client/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server.csproj
index 235897c888e6e483eabd732c99c707b6940c8446..ae184c1dc7e7f23656fc42265cbb33c50c543af5 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server.csproj
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index ff31035d5346e018f57bd4b5d625886201438f06..f68d9a3ddcc5b62ad9b6feae245ad09d66df4a04 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.Server/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.csproj b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.csproj
index a6d847ca653d5668523cbca00f7dc85346a80d7f..af4a75a034bff1eea5eccb60cf2eca1540f933c2 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.csproj
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Grpc.IntegrationTesting.csproj
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\Grpc.Core\Version.cs">
+      <Link>Version.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Empty.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messages.cs" />
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 7134b04892d29e4c1dd5891111d92c16e320f2ca..1beb0bbb413c05457bbb86a80c6dc6aaa4bdd0c5 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Google Inc.  All rights reserved.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.6.*")]