diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Footer.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Footer.jsx
index 85cf84f1f2..4e8ae2dc0a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Footer.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Footer.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import React, { useContext } from "react";
+import React, { useContext, useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { Container, Row, Col } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
 import FooterLink from "./footer/FooterLink";
 import ThemeColorContext from "../ThemeColorProvider";
 import FooterVisibilityContext from "../FooterVisibilityContext";
+import useGetSiteSettings from "../models/useGetSiteSettings";
 import {
   footerLinks1,
   footerLinks2,
@@ -13,7 +14,13 @@ import {
 const Footer = () => {
   const theme = useContext(ThemeColorContext);
   const { visible } = useContext(FooterVisibilityContext);
-
+  const [version, setVersion] = useState();
+  const { data } = useGetSiteSettings();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (data) {
+      setVersion(data.system.wildbookVersion);
+    }
+  }, [data]);
   return visible ? (
     <footer
       className="footer py-3 w-100"
@@ -62,6 +69,18 @@ const Footer = () => {
         <Row className="justify-content-md-center py-3">
           <Col md="auto">
             <p>
+              {" "}
+              {version ? (
+                <a
+                  href={`https://github.com/WildMeOrg/Wildbook/releases/tag/${version}`}
+                  style={{ color: "inherit", textDecoration: "none" }}
+                  target="_blank"
+                  rel="noreferrer"
+                >
+                  {`V${version}`}
+                  {" | "}
+                </a>
+              ) : null}
               <FormattedMessage id="FOOTER_COPYRIGHT" />
             </p>
           </Col>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ecocean/api/SiteSettings.java b/src/main/java/org/ecocean/api/SiteSettings.java
index 6c704c25ce..3653752831 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ecocean/api/SiteSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ecocean/api/SiteSettings.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import org.ecocean.Annotation;
 import org.ecocean.CommonConfiguration;
+import org.ecocean.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.ecocean.IAJsonProperties;
 import org.ecocean.Keyword;
 import org.ecocean.LabeledKeyword;
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
         }
         settings.put("organizations", orgs);
 
+        JSONObject system = new JSONObject();
+        system.put("wildbookVersion", ContextConfiguration.getVersion());
+        settings.put("system", system);
+
         sortArray = myShepherd.getAllSocialUnitNames().toArray();
         Arrays.sort(sortArray);
         settings.put("socialUnitName", sortArray);
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/footer.jsp b/src/main/webapp/footer.jsp
index 6444315bd4..742d04e4ab 100755
--- a/src/main/webapp/footer.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/footer.jsp
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ String urlLoc = "//" + CommonConfiguration.getURLLocation(request);
                     <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/conservationxlabs/" class="footer-link text-reset px-2 footer-text">LinkedIn</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <div class="footer-text w-100 py-3 text-center">2024 © Conservation X Labs | All Rights Reserved</div>
+            <div class="footer-text w-100 py-3 text-center"><a href="https://github.com/WildMeOrg/Wildbook/releases/tag/<%=ContextConfiguration.getVersion() %>" target="_blank" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none">V<%=ContextConfiguration.getVersion() %></a> | 2024 © Conservation X Labs | All Rights Reserved</div>
         </div>
 
-
-
         <!-- /footer -->
     </body>
 </html>