diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag-develop.yml b/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag-develop.yml
index 64d70a5..c29ec6c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag-develop.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/auto-tag-develop.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
           persist-credentials: true
 
-      - name: Create next tag from VERSION
+      - name: Create next tag from config/version.yaml
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           changed_version=false
-          if git diff --name-only "${{ gitea.event.before }}" "${{ gitea.event.after }}" | grep -q '^VERSION$'; then
+          if git diff --name-only "${{ gitea.event.before }}" "${{ gitea.event.after }}" | grep -q '^config/version\.yaml$'; then
             changed_version=true
           fi
 
           read_version() {
-            cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]'
+            awk -F': *' '/app\.version:/{print $2}' config/version.yaml | tr -d '[:space:]' | tr -d "'\""
           }
 
           if $changed_version; then
             version="$(read_version)"
             if ! [[ "$version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-              echo "Invalid version in VERSION: $version" >&2
+              echo "Invalid version in version.yaml: $version" >&2
               exit 1
             fi
           else
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ jobs:
               version="${major}.${minor}.$((patch + 1))"
             fi
 
-            echo "$version" > VERSION
+            printf "parameters:\\n    app.version: '%s'\\n" "$version" > config/version.yaml
             git config user.name "gitea-actions"
             git config user.email "gitea-actions@local"
-            git add VERSION
+            git add config/version.yaml
             git commit -m "chore : bump version to v$version" || true
             git push origin develop || true
           fi
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index fee0a27..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.9.7
diff --git a/config/packages/api_platform.yaml b/config/packages/api_platform.yaml
index 336f967..9068cfc 100644
--- a/config/packages/api_platform.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/api_platform.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 api_platform:
     title: Inventory API
     description: API de gestion d'inventaire industriel — machines, pièces, composants, produits.
-    version: 1.9.1
+    version: 1.9.6
     defaults:
         stateless: false
         cache_headers:
diff --git a/config/version.yaml b/config/version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4739be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+parameters:
+    app.version: '1.9.6'
diff --git a/deploy/docker/Dockerfile.prod b/deploy/docker/Dockerfile.prod
index abfca4b..5e12134 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/Dockerfile.prod
+++ b/deploy/docker/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ COPY migrations migrations/
 COPY public public/
 COPY src src/
 COPY templates templates/
-COPY VERSION VERSION
 
 RUN composer dump-autoload --optimize --no-dev
 
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ COPY frontend/package.json frontend/package-lock.json ./
 RUN npm ci
 
 COPY frontend/ ./
+COPY config/version.yaml /app/config/version.yaml
 ENV CI=1 \
     NUXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 \
     NUXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=/api \
diff --git a/deploy/docker/deploy.sh b/deploy/docker/deploy.sh
index c2a0ee5..026180e 100755
--- a/deploy/docker/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/deploy.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ echo "==> Clearing cache..."
 sudo docker compose exec -T -u www-data app php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod
 sudo docker compose exec -T -u www-data app php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod
 
-VERSION=$(sudo docker compose exec -T app cat VERSION)
+VERSION=$(sudo docker compose exec -T app cat config/version.yaml | grep 'app.version' | awk -F"'" '{print $2}')
 echo "==> Deployed v${VERSION}"
diff --git a/frontend/nuxt.config.ts b/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
index ccab97c..6a5775a 100644
--- a/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
-// Lire la version depuis le fichier VERSION à la racine du projet parent
+// Lire la version depuis config/version.yaml à la racine du projet parent
 const getAppVersion = (): string => {
   try {
     const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
-    const versionPath = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'VERSION')
-    return readFileSync(versionPath, 'utf-8').trim()
+    const versionPath = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'config', 'version.yaml')
+    const content = readFileSync(versionPath, 'utf-8')
+    const match = content.match(/app\.version:\s*'([^']+)'/)
+    return match ? match[1] : '0.0.0'
   } catch {
     return '0.0.0'
   }
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index c9a0992..5c9980d 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 # Répertoire racine du projet
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 PROJECT_ROOT="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
-VERSION_FILE="$PROJECT_ROOT/VERSION"
+VERSION_FILE="$PROJECT_ROOT/config/version.yaml"
 API_PLATFORM_FILE="$PROJECT_ROOT/config/packages/api_platform.yaml"
 
 # Lire la version actuelle
-current_version=$(cat "$VERSION_FILE" | tr -d '\n')
+current_version=$(awk -F': *' '/app\.version:/{print $2}' "$VERSION_FILE" | tr -d "' \n\r")
 
 # Fonction pour afficher l'aide
 show_help() {
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
 # ===========================================
 # ÉTAPE 1 : Mettre à jour VERSION
 # ===========================================
-echo -e "${BLUE}[1/4]${NC} Mise à jour du fichier VERSION..."
-echo "$new_version" > "$VERSION_FILE"
+echo -e "${BLUE}[1/4]${NC} Mise à jour de config/version.yaml..."
+printf "parameters:\\n    app.version: '%s'\\n" "$new_version" > "$VERSION_FILE"
 
 # ===========================================
 # ÉTAPE 2 : Mettre à jour api_platform.yaml