Standardize version file format to VERSION.json

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Standardize version file format ([#1553](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-ansible/pull/1553))
 - Use fixed version of Ubuntu-22.04 in GHA runners instead of latest version ([#1479](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-ansible/pull/1479)) \- (PR Checks Workflows)
 - Implement minor changes for Wazuh ansible arm64 support ([#1518](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh-ansible/pull/1518))
 

README.md

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ These playbooks install and configure Wazuh agent, manager and indexer and dashb
     │ │ ├── wazuh-single.yml
     │
     │ ├── README.md
-    │ ├── VERSION
+    │ ├── VERSION.json
     │ ├── CHANGELOG.md
 
 ## Example: production-ready distributed environment

VERSION

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-WAZUH-ANSIBLE_VERSION="v4.12.0"
-REVISION="41200"

VERSION.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "version": "4.12.0",
+    "stage": "alpha0"
+}