diff --git a/doc/how-to-create-an-iceoryx2-release.md b/doc/how-to-create-an-iceoryx2-release.md
index dfdf9f69f..d5a5d1e04 100644
--- a/doc/how-to-create-an-iceoryx2-release.md
+++ b/doc/how-to-create-an-iceoryx2-release.md
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ number is `Xold.Yold.Zold`.
 10. Adjust the `<version>` to `X.Y.Z` in `$GIT_ROOT$/package.xml`.
 11. Call `rg "Xold\.Yold\.Zold"` and adjust all findings.
     * C and C++ examples, `BUILD.bazel` & `CMakeLists.txt`
-12. **Merge all changes to `main`.**
-13. Set tag on GitHub and add the release document as notes to the tag
+12. Adjust the major, minor and patch version number in `iceoryx2_bb_elementary::PackageVersion`
+13. **Merge all changes to `main`.**
+14. Set tag on GitHub and add the release document as notes to the tag
     description. Add also a link to the file.
-14. Check the order of all dependencies in
+15. Check the order of all dependencies in
     `$GIT_ROOT$/./internal/scripts/crates_io_publish_script.sh`.
     When calling `cargo publish -p $PACKAGE$` all dependencies, also dev-dependencies,
     must be already published to `crates.io` via `cargo publish -p`. Verify the
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ number is `Xold.Yold.Zold`.
     * If the publish script was started and a crate requires a dependency which
       is not available on `crates.io` the release has to be redone and the patch
       version has to increase by one for the whole workspace.
-15. Call `$GIT_ROOT$/./internal/scripts/crates_io_publish_script.sh` and publish
+16. Call `$GIT_ROOT$/./internal/scripts/crates_io_publish_script.sh` and publish
     all crates on `crates.io` and `docs.rs`.
-16. Verify that the release looks fine on `docs.rs` (click through the
+17. Verify that the release looks fine on `docs.rs` (click through the
     documentation to check if everything was generated correctly)
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/package_version.rs b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/package_version.rs
index 9dc710240..d38753cd7 100644
--- a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/package_version.rs
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/src/package_version.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
 
-use iceoryx2_pal_concurrency_sync::iox_atomic::IoxAtomicU64;
-use std::{fmt::Display, sync::atomic::Ordering};
+use std::fmt::Display;
 
 /// Represents the crates version acquired through the internal environment variables set by cargo,
 /// ("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_{MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH}").
@@ -63,33 +62,11 @@ impl PackageVersion {
 
     /// Returns the current [`PackageVersion`]
     pub fn get() -> PackageVersion {
-        static PACKAGE_VERSION: IoxAtomicU64 = IoxAtomicU64::new(0);
+        const MAJOR: u16 = 0;
+        const MINOR: u16 = 4;
+        const PATCH: u16 = 1;
 
-        if PACKAGE_VERSION.load(Ordering::Relaxed) == 0 {
-            let major = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MAJOR")
-                .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
-                .unwrap_or(u16::MAX);
-            let minor = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MINOR")
-                .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
-                .unwrap_or(u16::MAX);
-            let patch = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PATCH")
-                .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
-                .unwrap_or(u16::MAX);
-
-            if major == 0 && minor == 0 && patch == 0 {
-                PACKAGE_VERSION.store(
-                    PackageVersion::from_version(u16::MAX, u16::MAX, u16::MAX).0,
-                    Ordering::Relaxed,
-                );
-            } else {
-                PACKAGE_VERSION.store(
-                    PackageVersion::from_version(major, minor, patch).0,
-                    Ordering::Relaxed,
-                );
-            }
-        }
-
-        PackageVersion::from_u64(PACKAGE_VERSION.load(Ordering::Relaxed))
+        PackageVersion::from_version(MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/tests/package_version_tests.rs b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/tests/package_version_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecdc4134e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iceoryx2-bb/elementary/tests/package_version_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+//
+// See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+// information regarding copyright ownership.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0, or the MIT license
+// which is available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+use iceoryx2_bb_elementary::package_version::PackageVersion;
+use iceoryx2_bb_testing::assert_that;
+
+#[test]
+fn package_version_works() {
+    let major = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MAJOR")
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .expect("Contains a valid major version number.");
+    let minor = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MINOR")
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .expect("Contains a valid minor version number.");
+    let patch = option_env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PATCH")
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .expect("Contains a valid patch version number.");
+
+    let sut = PackageVersion::get();
+
+    assert_that!(sut.major(), eq major);
+    assert_that!(sut.minor(), eq minor);
+    assert_that!(sut.patch(), eq patch);
+
+    assert_that!(major == 0 && minor == 0 && patch == 0, eq false);
+}