diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f663c72543..aa0a1ac3af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5221,6 +5221,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tailcall-macros",
  "tailcall-prettier",
  "tailcall-tracker",
+ "tailcall-version",
  "temp-env",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
@@ -5338,6 +5339,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sysinfo 0.30.12",
+ "tailcall-version",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -5385,6 +5387,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tailcall-version"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tailcall_query_plan"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e217d46cd9..f0c992bce4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.15.0", features = [
 ], optional = true }
 opentelemetry-system-metrics = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
 tailcall-http-cache = {path = "tailcall-http-cache", optional = true }
+tailcall-version = { path = "./tailcall-version", optional = true }
 
 
 # dependencies safe for wasm:
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ cli = [
     "dep:opentelemetry-system-metrics",
     "dep:tailcall-tracker",
     "dep:tailcall-http-cache",
+    "dep:tailcall-version"
 ]
 
 # Feature flag to enable all default features.
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ members = [
     "tailcall-tracker",
     "tailcall-hasher",
     "tailcall-http-cache",
+    "tailcall-version",
 ]
 
 # Boost execution_spec snapshot diffing performance
diff --git a/src/cli/command.rs b/src/cli/command.rs
index 616371706d..8326f33ad9 100644
--- a/src/cli/command.rs
+++ b/src/cli/command.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use strum_macros::Display;
+use tailcall_version::VERSION;
 
 use crate::core::{config, generator};
 
-pub const VERSION: &str = match option_env!("APP_VERSION") {
-    Some(version) => version,
-    _ => "0.1.0-dev",
-};
 const ABOUT: &str = r"
    __        _ __           ____
   / /_____ _(_) /________ _/ / /
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@ const ABOUT: &str = r"
 \__/\__,_/_/_/\___/\__,_/_/_/";
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
-#[command(name = "tailcall", author, version = VERSION, about, long_about = Some(ABOUT))]
+#[command(name = "tailcall", author, version = VERSION.as_str(), about, long_about = Some(ABOUT))]
 pub struct Cli {
     #[command(subcommand)]
     pub command: Command,
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 834b70d7fa..497016fab9 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ pub mod metrics;
 pub mod server;
 mod tc;
 pub mod telemetry;
-mod version;
 
 pub mod runtime;
 pub(crate) mod update_checker;
diff --git a/src/cli/server/playground.rs b/src/cli/server/playground.rs
index 8bb982a1e1..1c80f94479 100644
--- a/src/cli/server/playground.rs
+++ b/src/cli/server/playground.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::cli::version::VERSION;
+use tailcall_version::VERSION;
 
 const UTM_MEDIUM: &str = "server";
 const DEBUG_UTM_SOURCE: &str = "tailcall-debug";
diff --git a/src/cli/update_checker.rs b/src/cli/update_checker.rs
index 714bfef53a..49aa5c1a03 100644
--- a/src/cli/update_checker.rs
+++ b/src/cli/update_checker.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use colored::Colorize;
+use tailcall_version::VERSION;
 use update_informer::{registry, Check};
 use which::which;
 
-use crate::cli::command::VERSION;
-
 enum InstallationMethod {
     Npm,
     Npx,
@@ -37,14 +36,14 @@ fn get_installation_method() -> InstallationMethod {
 
 pub async fn check_for_update() {
     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
-        if VERSION.eq("0.1.0-dev") {
+        if VERSION.is_dev() {
             // skip validation if it's not a release
             return;
         }
 
         let name: &str = "tailcallhq/tailcall";
 
-        let informer = update_informer::new(registry::GitHub, name, VERSION);
+        let informer = update_informer::new(registry::GitHub, name, VERSION.as_str());
 
         if let Some(latest_version) = informer.check_version().ok().flatten() {
             let github_release_url =
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ pub async fn check_for_update() {
                 "{}",
                 format!(
                     "A new release of tailcall is available: {} {} {}",
-                    VERSION.cyan(),
+                    VERSION.as_str().cyan(),
                     "➜".white(),
                     latest_version.to_string().cyan()
                 )
diff --git a/src/cli/version.rs b/src/cli/version.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d70c21a3..0000000000
--- a/src/cli/version.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-const DEFAULT_VERSION: &str = "0.1.0-dev";
-
-pub struct Version {
-    version: &'static str,
-}
-
-impl Version {
-    pub const fn new(version: &'static str) -> Self {
-        Version { version }
-    }
-
-    // pub const fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
-    //     self.version
-    // }
-
-    pub fn is_dev(&self) -> bool {
-        self.version == DEFAULT_VERSION
-    }
-}
-
-pub const VERSION: Version = match option_env!("APP_VERSION") {
-    Some(version) => Version::new(version),
-    None => Version::new(DEFAULT_VERSION),
-};
-
-// #[cfg(test)]
-// mod tests {
-//     use super::*;
-
-//     #[test]
-//     fn test_default_version() {
-//         assert_eq!(VERSION.as_str(), DEFAULT_VERSION);
-//         assert!(VERSION.is_dev());
-//     }
-
-//     #[test]
-//     fn test_custom_version() {
-//         const CUSTOM_VERSION: Version = Version::new("1.0.0-release");
-//         assert_eq!(CUSTOM_VERSION.as_str(), "1.0.0-release");
-//         assert!(!CUSTOM_VERSION.is_dev());
-//     }
-// }
diff --git a/tailcall-tracker/Cargo.toml b/tailcall-tracker/Cargo.toml
index 9261ff8a7f..e2dfd914a0 100644
--- a/tailcall-tracker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tailcall-tracker/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ machineid-rs = "1.2.4"
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 sysinfo = "0.30.12"
+tailcall-version = { path = "../tailcall-version" }
diff --git a/tailcall-tracker/src/check_tracking.rs b/tailcall-tracker/src/check_tracking.rs
index 0da3349945..0698ae4b38 100644
--- a/tailcall-tracker/src/check_tracking.rs
+++ b/tailcall-tracker/src/check_tracking.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 use std::env;
 
+use tailcall_version::VERSION;
+
 const LONG_ENV_FILTER_VAR_NAME: &str = "TAILCALL_TRACKER";
 const SHORT_ENV_FILTER_VAR_NAME: &str = "TC_TRACKER";
-const VERSION: &str = match option_env!("APP_VERSION") {
-    Some(version) => version,
-    _ => "0.1.0-dev",
-};
 
 /// Checks if tracking is enabled
 pub fn check_tracking() -> bool {
-    let is_prod = !VERSION.contains("dev");
+    let is_prod = !VERSION.is_dev();
     let usage_enabled = env::var(LONG_ENV_FILTER_VAR_NAME)
         .or(env::var(SHORT_ENV_FILTER_VAR_NAME))
         .map(|v| !v.eq_ignore_ascii_case("false"))
diff --git a/tailcall-version/Cargo.toml b/tailcall-version/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f799f6bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tailcall-version/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[package]
+name = "tailcall-version"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/tailcall-version/src/lib.rs b/tailcall-version/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c73448d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tailcall-version/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+const DEFAULT_VERSION: &str = "0.1.0-dev";
+
+pub struct Version {
+    version: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl Version {
+    pub const fn new(version: &'static str) -> Self {
+        Version { version }
+    }
+
+    pub const fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+        self.version
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_dev(&self) -> bool {
+        self.version.contains("dev")
+    }
+}
+
+pub const VERSION: Version = match option_env!("APP_VERSION") {
+    Some(version) => Version::new(version),
+    None => Version::new(DEFAULT_VERSION),
+};
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_default_version() {
+        assert_eq!(VERSION.as_str(), DEFAULT_VERSION);
+        assert!(VERSION.is_dev());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_custom_version() {
+        const CUSTOM_VERSION: Version = Version::new("1.0.0-release");
+        assert_eq!(CUSTOM_VERSION.as_str(), "1.0.0-release");
+        assert!(!CUSTOM_VERSION.is_dev());
+    }
+}