diff --git a/webapp/src/i18n.ts b/webapp/src/i18n.ts
index 980cffbf89..c4ee599be1 100644
--- a/webapp/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/i18n.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import i18n from "i18next";
 import Backend from "i18next-http-backend";
 import LanguageDetector from "i18next-browser-languagedetector";
 import { initReactI18next } from "react-i18next";
-import { version } from "../package.json";
 
 i18n
   // load translation using xhr -> see /public/locales
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ i18n
     backend: {
       loadPath: `${
         import.meta.env.BASE_URL
-      }locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json?v=${version}`,
+      }locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json?id=${__BUILD_TIMESTAMP__}`,
     },
     react: {
       useSuspense: false,
diff --git a/webapp/src/types/vite-env.d.ts b/webapp/src/types/vite-env.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..208bfed10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/types/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+declare const __BUILD_TIMESTAMP__: string;
diff --git a/webapp/vite.config.ts b/webapp/vite.config.ts
index 7cce8d327b..957782ee20 100644
--- a/webapp/vite.config.ts
+++ b/webapp/vite.config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   return {
     // Serve the web app at the `/static` entry point on Desktop mode (cf. 'antarest/main.py')
     base: isDesktopMode ? "/static/" : "/",
+    // Entries will be defined as globals during dev and statically replaced during build
+    define: {
+      // Not working in dev without `JSON.stringify`
+      __BUILD_TIMESTAMP__: JSON.stringify(Date.now()),
+    },
     esbuild: {
       // Remove logs safely when building production bundle
       // https://esbuild.github.io/api/#pure