diff --git a/app/src/lib/tauri/devStub.handlers.plugins.ts b/app/src/lib/tauri/devStub.handlers.plugins.ts
index ae07f36..8f07eef 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/tauri/devStub.handlers.plugins.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/tauri/devStub.handlers.plugins.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function pluginStub(cmd: string, a: Args, ctx: PluginStubCtx): unknown |
       return null;
 
     case "plugin:app|version":
-      return "0.7.0";
+      return typeof __APP_VERSION__ === "string" ? __APP_VERSION__ : "0.0.0";
     case "plugin:app|name":
       return "Recrest";
     case "plugin:app|tauri_version":
diff --git a/app/src/vite-env.d.ts b/app/src/vite-env.d.ts
index aeb0163..ff8bc14 100644
--- a/app/src/vite-env.d.ts
+++ b/app/src/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 
 declare const __GIT_SHA__: string;
 declare const __BUILD_TIME__: string;
+declare const __APP_VERSION__: string;
diff --git a/app/vite.config.ts b/app/vite.config.ts
index 667c3a8..eb3afb8 100644
--- a/app/vite.config.ts
+++ b/app/vite.config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ import tsconfigPaths from "vite-tsconfig-paths";
 const srcDir = fileURLToPath(new URL("./src", import.meta.url));
 const repoRoot = path.resolve(fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url)), "..");
 
+function appPackageVersion(): string {
+  try {
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("./package.json", import.meta.url)), "utf8"),
+    ) as { version?: string };
+    return pkg.version ?? "0.0.0";
+  } catch {
+    return "0.0.0";
+  }
+}
+
 function gitShortSha(): string {
   try {
     return execFileSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"], {
@@ -101,6 +112,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     global: "globalThis",
     __GIT_SHA__: JSON.stringify(gitShortSha()),
     __BUILD_TIME__: JSON.stringify(new Date().toISOString()),
+    __APP_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(appPackageVersion()),
   },
   optimizeDeps: {
     // Pre-bundle frequently-imported deps so the dev server's first load