1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb
index 997046b971..89e31c4be6 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module ActionMailer
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActionMailer as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = ActionMailer.version.segments
+    STRING = ActionMailer.version.to_s
   end
 end