diff --git a/libs/libvtrutil/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libvtrutil/CMakeLists.txt
index 0362295ef1c..683fee2a4a0 100644
--- a/libs/libvtrutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libvtrutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,35 +50,49 @@ if (VTR_ENABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING)
     set(VTR_BUILD_INFO "${VTR_BUILD_INFO} debug_logging")
 endif()
 
-# We always update the vtr_version.cpp file every time the project is built, 
-# to ensure the git revision and dirty status are up to date.
-#
-# We need to do this in two stages:
-#
-# 1) We a custom target 'version' (which is always out of date) so it will always be run.
-#    It touches the unprocessed version input file so it too will always be out of date.
-#
-# 2) The custom command depends on the touched version input file and generates the processed 
-#    version file, with updated values. The custom command uses the configure_version.cmake 
-#    script to generate the up-to-date vtr_version.cpp
-add_custom_target(version ALL
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${VTR_VERSION_FILE_IN})
-
-add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${VTR_VERSION_FILE_OUT}
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} 
-                    -D IN_FILE=${VTR_VERSION_FILE_IN}
-                    -D OUT_FILE=${VTR_VERSION_FILE_OUT}
-                    -D VTR_VERSION_MAJOR=${VTR_VERSION_MAJOR}
-                    -D VTR_VERSION_MINOR=${VTR_VERSION_MINOR}
-                    -D VTR_VERSION_PATCH=${VTR_VERSION_PATCH}
-                    -D VTR_VERSION_PRERELEASE=${VTR_VERSION_PRERELEASE}
-                    -D VTR_COMPILER_INFO=${VTR_COMPILER_INFO}
-                    -D VTR_BUILD_INFO=${VTR_BUILD_INFO}
-                    -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/configure_version.cmake
-    MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${VTR_VERSION_FILE_IN}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-	VERBATIM)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")
+include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
+
+# Get the VCS revision.
+git_describe_working_tree(VTR_VCS_REVISION --tags --always --long)
+string(FIND ${VTR_VCS_REVISION} "NOTFOUND" GIT_DESCRIBE_VTR_REVISION_NOTFOUND)
+if (NOT ${GIT_DESCRIBE_VTR_REVISION_NOTFOUND} EQUAL -1)
+    # Git describe failed, usually this means we
+    # aren't in a git repo -- so don't set a VCS
+    # revision
+    set(VTR_VCS_REVISION "unknown")
+endif()
+
+# Get the short VCS revision
+git_describe_working_tree(VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT --tags --always --long --exclude '*')
+string(FIND "${VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT}" "NOTFOUND" GIT_DESCRIBE_VTR_REVISION_SHORT_NOTFOUND)
+if (NOT ${GIT_DESCRIBE_VTR_REVISION_SHORT_NOTFOUND} EQUAL -1)
+    # Git describe failed, usually this means we
+    # aren't in a git repo -- so don't set a VCS
+    # revision
+    set(VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT "unknown")
+endif()
 
+# Set the version according to semver.org
+set(VTR_VERSION "${VTR_VERSION_MAJOR}.${VTR_VERSION_MINOR}.${VTR_VERSION_PATCH}")
+if(VTR_VERSION_PRERELEASE)
+    set(VTR_VERSION "${VTR_VERSION}-${VTR_VERSION_PRERELEASE}")
+endif()
+set(VTR_VERSION_SHORT ${VTR_VERSION})
+if(VTR_VCS_REVISION)
+    set(VTR_VERSION "${VTR_VERSION}+${VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT}")
+endif()
+
+# Other build meta-data
+string(TIMESTAMP VTR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP)
+set(VTR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP "${VTR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP}")
+set(VTR_BUILD_INFO "${VTR_BUILD_INFO}")
+
+message(STATUS "VTR Version: ${VTR_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "VTR Revision: ${VTR_VCS_REVISION}")
+message(STATUS "VTR Short Revision: ${VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT}")
+
+configure_file(${VTR_VERSION_FILE_IN} ${VTR_VERSION_FILE_OUT})
 
 #
 # Source files and library
@@ -97,9 +111,6 @@ add_library(libvtrutil STATIC
 target_include_directories(libvtrutil PUBLIC ${LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 set_target_properties(libvtrutil PROPERTIES PREFIX "") #Avoid extra 'lib' prefix
 
-#Ensure version is always up to date by requiring version to be run first
-add_dependencies(libvtrutil version)
-
 #Specify link-time dependencies
 target_link_libraries(libvtrutil
                         liblog)
diff --git a/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake b/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f54191298b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+# - Returns a version string from Git
+#
+# These functions force a re-configure on each git commit so that you can
+# trust the values of the variables in your build system.
+#
+#  get_git_head_revision(<refspecvar> <hashvar> [ALLOW_LOOKING_ABOVE_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR])
+#
+# Returns the refspec and sha hash of the current head revision
+#
+#  git_describe(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
+#
+# Returns the results of git describe on the source tree, and adjusting
+# the output so that it tests false if an error occurs.
+#
+#  git_describe_working_tree(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
+#
+# Returns the results of git describe on the working tree (--dirty option),
+# and adjusting the output so that it tests false if an error occurs.
+#
+#  git_get_exact_tag(<var> [<additional arguments to git describe> ...])
+#
+# Returns the results of git describe --exact-match on the source tree,
+# and adjusting the output so that it tests false if there was no exact
+# matching tag.
+#
+#  git_local_changes(<var>)
+#
+# Returns either "CLEAN" or "DIRTY" with respect to uncommitted changes.
+# Uses the return code of "git diff-index --quiet HEAD --".
+# Does not regard untracked files.
+#
+# Requires CMake 2.6 or newer (uses the 'function' command)
+#
+# Original Author:
+# 2009-2020 Rylie Pavlik <rylie@ryliepavlik.com>
+# https://ryliepavlik.com/
+#
+# Copyright 2009-2013, Iowa State University.
+# Copyright 2013-2020, Rylie Pavlik
+# Copyright 2013-2020, Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
+#
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+if(__get_git_revision_description)
+    return()
+endif()
+set(__get_git_revision_description YES)
+
+# We must run the following at "include" time, not at function call time,
+# to find the path to this module rather than the path to a calling list file
+get_filename_component(_gitdescmoddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} PATH)
+
+# Function _git_find_closest_git_dir finds the next closest .git directory
+# that is part of any directory in the path defined by _start_dir.
+# The result is returned in the parent scope variable whose name is passed
+# as variable _git_dir_var. If no .git directory can be found, the
+# function returns an empty string via _git_dir_var.
+#
+# Example: Given a path C:/bla/foo/bar and assuming C:/bla/.git exists and
+# neither foo nor bar contain a file/directory .git. This wil return
+# C:/bla/.git
+#
+function(_git_find_closest_git_dir _start_dir _git_dir_var)
+    set(cur_dir "${_start_dir}")
+    set(git_dir "${_start_dir}/.git")
+    while(NOT EXISTS "${git_dir}")
+        # .git dir not found, search parent directories
+        set(git_previous_parent "${cur_dir}")
+        get_filename_component(cur_dir "${cur_dir}" DIRECTORY)
+        if(cur_dir STREQUAL git_previous_parent)
+            # We have reached the root directory, we are not in git
+            set(${_git_dir_var}
+                ""
+                PARENT_SCOPE)
+            return()
+        endif()
+        set(git_dir "${cur_dir}/.git")
+    endwhile()
+    set(${_git_dir_var}
+        "${git_dir}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(get_git_head_revision _refspecvar _hashvar)
+    _git_find_closest_git_dir("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" GIT_DIR)
+
+    if("${ARGN}" STREQUAL "ALLOW_LOOKING_ABOVE_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR")
+        set(ALLOW_LOOKING_ABOVE_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR TRUE)
+    else()
+        set(ALLOW_LOOKING_ABOVE_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR FALSE)
+    endif()
+    if(NOT "${GIT_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
+        file(RELATIVE_PATH _relative_to_source_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+             "${GIT_DIR}")
+        if("${_relative_to_source_dir}" MATCHES "[.][.]"
+           AND NOT ALLOW_LOOKING_ABOVE_CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
+            # We've gone above the CMake root dir.
+            set(GIT_DIR "")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    if("${GIT_DIR}" STREQUAL "")
+        set(${_refspecvar}
+            "GITDIR-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${_hashvar}
+            "GITDIR-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    # Check if the current source dir is a git submodule or a worktree.
+    # In both cases .git is a file instead of a directory.
+    #
+    if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${GIT_DIR})
+        # The following git command will return a non empty string that
+        # points to the super project working tree if the current
+        # source dir is inside a git submodule.
+        # Otherwise the command will return an empty string.
+        #
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" rev-parse
+                    --show-superproject-working-tree
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE out
+            ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        if(NOT "${out}" STREQUAL "")
+            # If out is empty, GIT_DIR/CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR is in a submodule
+            file(READ ${GIT_DIR} submodule)
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "gitdir: (.*)$" "\\1" GIT_DIR_RELATIVE
+                                 ${submodule})
+            string(STRIP ${GIT_DIR_RELATIVE} GIT_DIR_RELATIVE)
+            get_filename_component(SUBMODULE_DIR ${GIT_DIR} PATH)
+            get_filename_component(GIT_DIR ${SUBMODULE_DIR}/${GIT_DIR_RELATIVE}
+                                   ABSOLUTE)
+            set(HEAD_SOURCE_FILE "${GIT_DIR}/HEAD")
+        else()
+            # GIT_DIR/CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR is in a worktree
+            file(READ ${GIT_DIR} worktree_ref)
+            # The .git directory contains a path to the worktree information directory
+            # inside the parent git repo of the worktree.
+            #
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "gitdir: (.*)$" "\\1" git_worktree_dir
+                                 ${worktree_ref})
+            string(STRIP ${git_worktree_dir} git_worktree_dir)
+            _git_find_closest_git_dir("${git_worktree_dir}" GIT_DIR)
+            set(HEAD_SOURCE_FILE "${git_worktree_dir}/HEAD")
+        endif()
+    else()
+        set(HEAD_SOURCE_FILE "${GIT_DIR}/HEAD")
+    endif()
+    set(GIT_DATA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/git-data")
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_DATA}")
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${GIT_DATA}")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${HEAD_SOURCE_FILE}")
+        return()
+    endif()
+    set(HEAD_FILE "${GIT_DATA}/HEAD")
+    configure_file("${HEAD_SOURCE_FILE}" "${HEAD_FILE}" COPYONLY)
+
+    configure_file("${_gitdescmoddir}/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in"
+                   "${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake" @ONLY)
+    include("${GIT_DATA}/grabRef.cmake")
+
+    set(${_refspecvar}
+        "${HEAD_REF}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(${_hashvar}
+        "${HEAD_HASH}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_describe _var)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        find_package(Git QUIET)
+    endif()
+    get_git_head_revision(refspec hash)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        set(${_var}
+            "GIT-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+    if(NOT hash)
+        set(${_var}
+            "HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    # TODO sanitize
+    #if((${ARGN}" MATCHES "&&") OR
+    #	(ARGN MATCHES "||") OR
+    #	(ARGN MATCHES "\\;"))
+    #	message("Please report the following error to the project!")
+    #	message(FATAL_ERROR "Looks like someone's doing something nefarious with git_describe! Passed arguments ${ARGN}")
+    #endif()
+
+    #message(STATUS "Arguments to execute_process: ${ARGN}")
+
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --tags --always ${hash} ${ARGN}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE res
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE out
+        ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
+        set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
+    endif()
+
+    set(${_var}
+        "${out}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_describe_working_tree _var)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        find_package(Git QUIET)
+    endif()
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        set(${_var}
+            "GIT-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" describe --dirty ${ARGN}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE res
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE out
+        ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
+        set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
+    endif()
+
+    set(${_var}
+        "${out}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_get_exact_tag _var)
+    git_describe(out --exact-match ${ARGN})
+    set(${_var}
+        "${out}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(git_local_changes _var)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        find_package(Git QUIET)
+    endif()
+    get_git_head_revision(refspec hash)
+    if(NOT GIT_FOUND)
+        set(${_var}
+            "GIT-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+    if(NOT hash)
+        set(${_var}
+            "HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" diff-index --quiet HEAD --
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+        RESULT_VARIABLE res
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE out
+        ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if(res EQUAL 0)
+        set(${_var}
+            "CLEAN"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+        set(${_var}
+            "DIRTY"
+            PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in b/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b8d2076375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#
+# Internal file for GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
+#
+# Requires CMake 2.6 or newer (uses the 'function' command)
+#
+# Original Author:
+# 2009-2023 Rylie Pavlik <rylie@ryliepavlik.com>
+# https://ryliepavlik.com/
+# Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
+#
+# Copyright 2009-2012, Iowa State University
+# Copyright 2011-2023, Contributors
+#
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
+
+set(HEAD_HASH)
+
+file(READ "@HEAD_FILE@" HEAD_CONTENTS LIMIT 1024)
+
+string(STRIP "${HEAD_CONTENTS}" HEAD_CONTENTS)
+if(HEAD_CONTENTS MATCHES "ref")
+    # named branch
+    string(REPLACE "ref: " "" HEAD_REF "${HEAD_CONTENTS}")
+    if(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}")
+        configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/${HEAD_REF}" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+    else()
+        if(EXISTS "@GIT_DIR@/packed-refs")
+            configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/packed-refs" "@GIT_DATA@/packed-refs"
+                           COPYONLY)
+            file(READ "@GIT_DATA@/packed-refs" PACKED_REFS)
+            if(${PACKED_REFS} MATCHES "([0-9a-z]*) ${HEAD_REF}")
+                set(HEAD_HASH "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    endif()
+else()
+    # detached HEAD
+    configure_file("@GIT_DIR@/HEAD" "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" COPYONLY)
+endif()
+
+if(NOT HEAD_HASH)
+    file(READ "@GIT_DATA@/head-ref" HEAD_HASH LIMIT 1024)
+    string(STRIP "${HEAD_HASH}" HEAD_HASH)
+endif()
diff --git a/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/configure_version.cmake b/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/configure_version.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index ab944548080..00000000000
--- a/libs/libvtrutil/cmake/modules/configure_version.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Versioning information
-#
-#Figure out the git revision
-find_package(Git QUIET)
-if(GIT_FOUND)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --always --long --dirty
-                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE VTR_VCS_REVISION
-                    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-                    RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE_RETURN_VALUE)
-
-    if(NOT GIT_DESCRIBE_RETURN_VALUE EQUAL 0)
-        #Git describe failed, usually this means we
-        #aren't in a git repo -- so don't set a VCS 
-        #revision
-        set(VTR_VCS_REVISION "unkown")
-    endif()
-
-    #Call again with exclude to get the revision excluding any tags
-    #(i.e. just the commit ID and dirty flag)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --always --long --dirty --exclude '*'
-                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT
-                    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-                    RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE_RETURN_VALUE)
-
-    if(NOT GIT_DESCRIBE_RETURN_VALUE EQUAL 0)
-        #Git describe failed, usually this means we
-        #aren't in a git repo -- so don't set a VCS 
-        #revision
-        set(VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT "unkown")
-    endif()
-else()
-    #Couldn't find git, so can't look-up VCS revision
-    set(VTR_VCS_REVISION "unkown")
-    set(VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT "unkown")
-endif()
-
-
-#Set the version according to semver.org
-set(VTR_VERSION "${VTR_VERSION_MAJOR}.${VTR_VERSION_MINOR}.${VTR_VERSION_PATCH}")
-if(VTR_VERSION_PRERELEASE)
-    set(VTR_VERSION "${VTR_VERSION}-${VTR_VERSION_PRERELEASE}")
-endif()
-set(VTR_VERSION_SHORT ${VTR_VERSION})
-if(VTR_VCS_REVISION)
-    set(VTR_VERSION "${VTR_VERSION}+${VTR_VCS_REVISION_SHORT}")
-endif()
-
-#Other build meta-data
-string(TIMESTAMP VTR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP)
-set(VTR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP "${VTR_BUILD_TIMESTAMP}")
-set(VTR_BUILD_INFO "${VTR_BUILD_INFO}")
-
-message(STATUS "VTR Version: ${VTR_VERSION}")
-
-configure_file(${IN_FILE} ${OUT_FILE})