diff --git a/installers/binstall/scripts/nix/install.sh b/installers/binstall/scripts/nix/install.sh
index 491a90d77..0f19b4e65 100755
--- a/installers/binstall/scripts/nix/install.sh
+++ b/installers/binstall/scripts/nix/install.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 
 set -u
 
-BINARY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX="https://github.com/apollographql/rover/releases/download/$VERSION"
+BINARY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX="https://github.com/apollographql/rover/releases/download"
+
+# Rover version defined in root cargo.toml
+PACKAGE_VERSION="v0.0.2"
 
 download_binary_and_run_installer() {
     downloader --check
@@ -26,6 +29,18 @@ download_binary_and_run_installer() {
     need_cmd dirname
     need_cmd tput
 
+    # if $VERSION isn't provided or has 0 length, use version from Rover cargo.toml
+    # ${VERSION:-} checks if version exists, and if doesn't uses the default
+    # which is after the :-, which in this case is empty. -z checks for empty str
+    if [ -z ${VERSION:-} ]; then
+        # VERSION is either not set or empty
+        DOWNLOAD_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION
+    else
+        # VERSION set and not empty
+        DOWNLOAD_VERSION=$VERSION
+    fi
+
+
     get_architecture || return 1
     local _arch="$RETVAL"
     assert_nz "$_arch" "arch"
@@ -37,8 +52,8 @@ download_binary_and_run_installer() {
             ;;
     esac
 
-    local _tardir="rover-$VERSION-${_arch}"
-    local _url="$BINARY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX/${_tardir}.tar.gz"
+    local _tardir="rover-$DOWNLOAD_VERSION-${_arch}"
+    local _url="$BINARY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX/$DOWNLOAD_VERSION/${_tardir}.tar.gz"
     local _dir="$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || ensure mktemp -d -t rover)"
     local _file="$_dir/input.tar.gz"
     local _rover="$_dir/rover$_ext"
diff --git a/installers/binstall/scripts/windows/install.ps1 b/installers/binstall/scripts/windows/install.ps1
index c64f93d54..dd8c15bb6 100644
--- a/installers/binstall/scripts/windows/install.ps1
+++ b/installers/binstall/scripts/windows/install.ps1
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
+# version found in Rover's Cargo.toml
+$package_version = 'v0.0.2'
+
 function Install-Binary() {
   $old_erroractionpreference = $ErrorActionPreference
   $ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'
 
-  $version = "0.0.2"
-
   Initialize-Environment
 
-  $exe = Download($version)
+  # If the VERSION env var is set, we use it instead
+  # of the version defined in Rover's cargo.toml
+  $download_version = if (Test-Path env:VERSION) { 
+    $Env:VERSION
+  } else {
+    $package_version 
+  }
+
+  $exe = Download($download_version)
 
   Invoke-Installer($exe)
 
@@ -14,7 +23,7 @@ function Install-Binary() {
 }
 
 function Download($version) {
-  $url = "https://github.com/apollographql/rover/releases/download/v$version/rover-v$version-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.gz"
+  $url = "https://github.com/apollographql/rover/releases/download/$version/rover-$version-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.gz"
   "Downloading Rover from $url" | Out-Host
   $tmp = New-Temp-Dir
   $dir_path = "$tmp\rover.tar.gz"