diff --git a/src/css/custom.css b/src/css/custom.css
index 3039cf530..4d021cd91 100644
--- a/src/css/custom.css
+++ b/src/css/custom.css
@@ -167,4 +167,34 @@
     gap: 0.75rem;          /* space between icons */
     align-items: center;
   }
+}
+
+.kmesh-version-badge {
+  display: inline-block;
+  margin-left: 0.5rem;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: inherit;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  padding: 0.08rem 0.28rem;
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  box-shadow: none;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);
+  vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+[data-theme="dark"] .kmesh-version-badge {
+  border-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.06);
+}
+
+.kmesh-version-container {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 996px) {
+  .kmesh-version-badge { display: none; }
 }
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diff --git a/src/theme/Navbar/index.js b/src/theme/Navbar/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b0a73479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/theme/Navbar/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import OriginalNavbar from '@theme-original/Navbar';
+
+export default function Navbar(props) {
+  const [version, setVersion] = useState(null);
+
+  const [containerEl, setContainerEl] = useState(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let mounted = true;
+    // fetch latest release tag 
+    fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/kmesh-net/kmesh/releases/latest')
+      .then((res) => res.json())
+      .then((data) => {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        if (data && data.tag_name) setVersion(data.tag_name);
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        // network or API error 
+      });
+
+    if (typeof document !== 'undefined') {
+      const searchEl = document.querySelector('.navbar__search, .DocSearch-Button');
+      const navRight = document.querySelector('.navbar__items--right');
+      if (searchEl) {
+        const searchItem = searchEl.closest('.navbar__item') || searchEl.parentNode;
+        const container = navRight || (searchItem && searchItem.parentNode);
+        if (container && searchItem) {
+        
+          let existing = container.querySelector('.kmesh-version-container');
+          if (!existing) {
+            const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
+            wrapper.className = 'kmesh-version-container';
+            wrapper.style.display = 'inline-flex';
+            wrapper.style.alignItems = 'center';
+            wrapper.style.margin = '0 0.5rem 0 0';
+            wrapper.style.padding = '0';
+            container.insertBefore(wrapper, searchItem);
+            setContainerEl(wrapper);
+          } else {
+            setContainerEl(existing);
+          }
+        } else if (navRight) {
+        
+          let existing = navRight.querySelector('.kmesh-version-container');
+          if (!existing) {
+            const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
+            wrapper.className = 'kmesh-version-container';
+            wrapper.style.display = 'inline-flex';
+            wrapper.style.alignItems = 'center';
+            wrapper.style.margin = '0 0.5rem 0 0';
+            wrapper.style.padding = '0';
+            navRight.appendChild(wrapper);
+            setContainerEl(wrapper);
+          } else {
+            setContainerEl(existing);
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (navRight) {
+
+        let existing = navRight.querySelector('.kmesh-version-container');
+        if (!existing) {
+          const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
+          wrapper.className = 'kmesh-version-container';
+          wrapper.style.display = 'inline-flex';
+          wrapper.style.alignItems = 'center';
+          wrapper.style.margin = '0 0.5rem 0 0';
+          wrapper.style.padding = '0';
+          navRight.appendChild(wrapper);
+          setContainerEl(wrapper);
+        } else {
+          setContainerEl(existing);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      mounted = false;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <OriginalNavbar {...props} />
+      {version && containerEl &&
+        ReactDOM.createPortal(
+          <div className="kmesh-version-badge" title={`Kmesh release ${version}`}>
+            {version}
+          </div>,
+          containerEl
+        )}
+    </>
+  );
+}