diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc9eb0d71f..05190415da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ local.properties
 
 **/ios/Pods/**
 **/ios/ReactNativeFirebaseDemo.xcworkspace/
-version.js
 .nyc_output
 ios.coverage.json
 **/android/.project
diff --git a/dist/version.js b/dist/version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10ea4143f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// generated by genversion
+module.exports = '5.6.0';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..008d22c8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// generated by genversion
+module.exports = '5.6.0'