diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4212b9..6f28dc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
-- None
+- Change VERSION file format ([#985](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-kubernetes/pull/985)) \- (VERSION file)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d33540a..85afefd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ To deploy a cluster on your local environment (like Minikube, Kind or Microk8s)
     ├── local-environment.md
     ├── README.md
     ├── upgrade.md
-    ├── VERSION
+    ├── VERSION.json
     └── wazuh
         ├── base
         │   ├── storage-class.yaml
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 694e1c3..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-VERSION="4.12.0"
-REVISION="41200"
diff --git a/VERSION.json b/VERSION.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23a3b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "version": "4.12.0",
+    "stage": "alpha0"
+}