diff --git a/Plugins/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin.swift b/Plugins/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin.swift
index 37d2c1e..5f312bc 100644
--- a/Plugins/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin.swift
+++ b/Plugins/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin/GenerateVersionBuildPlugin.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ struct GenerateVersionBuildPlugin: BuildToolPlugin {
     target: PackagePlugin.Target
   ) async throws -> [PackagePlugin.Command] {
     guard let target = target as? SourceModuleTarget else { return [] }
+    
+    let gitDirectoryPath = target.directory
+      .removingLastComponent()
+      .removingLastComponent()
+      .removingLastComponent()
+    
     let tool = try context.tool(named: "git-version")
     let outputPath = context.pluginWorkDirectory
     
@@ -17,7 +23,7 @@ struct GenerateVersionBuildPlugin: BuildToolPlugin {
       .buildCommand(
         displayName: "Build With Version",
         executable: tool.path,
-        arguments: ["generate", "--verbose", outputPath.string],
+        arguments: ["build", "--git-directory", gitDirectoryPath.string, outputPath.string],
         environment: [:],
         inputFiles: target.sourceFiles.map(\.path),
         outputFiles: [outputFile]
diff --git a/Sources/git-version/BuildCommand.swift b/Sources/git-version/BuildCommand.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcca658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/git-version/BuildCommand.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import ArgumentParser
+import Foundation
+import GitVersion
+import ShellClient
+
+extension GitVersionCommand {
+  struct Build: ParsableCommand {
+    static var configuration: CommandConfiguration = .init(
+      abstract: "Used for the build with version plugin."
+    )
+    
+//    @OptionGroup var shared: SharedOptions
+    
+    @Argument(help: "The output file path.")
+    var outputPath: String
+    
+    @Option(
+      name: .customLong("git-directory"),
+      help: "The git directory for the version."
+    )
+    var gitDirectory: String? = nil
+    
+    func run() throws {
+      try withDependencies {
+        $0.logger.logLevel = .debug
+        $0.fileClient = .liveValue
+        $0.gitVersionClient = .liveValue
+      } operation: {
+        @Dependency(\.gitVersionClient) var gitVersion
+        @Dependency(\.fileClient) var fileClient
+        @Dependency(\.logger) var logger
+
+        let fileUrl = URL(fileURLWithPath: outputPath)
+        let fileString = fileUrl.fileString()
+
+        let currentVersion = try gitVersion.currentVersion(in: gitDirectory)
+
+        let fileContents = template
+          .replacingOccurrences(of: "nil", with: "\"\(currentVersion)\"")
+        
+        try fileClient.write(string: fileContents, to: fileUrl)
+        logger.info("Updated version file: \(fileString)")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/Sources/git-version/GitVersionCommand.swift b/Sources/git-version/GitVersionCommand.swift
index 9b8971d..1bdb318 100644
--- a/Sources/git-version/GitVersionCommand.swift
+++ b/Sources/git-version/GitVersionCommand.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct GitVersionCommand: ParsableCommand {
     commandName: "git-version",
     version: VERSION ?? "0.0.0",
     subcommands: [
+      Build.self,
       Generate.self,
       Update.self
     ]