diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c27be9..70ebde4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ manager/keystore
 workers/keystore
 .eslintcache
 config/local.*
+
+# automatically generated in the predist script
+version.ts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5ece48..ab2a825 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
+    "predist": "node -p \"'export const SERVER_VERSION = ' + JSON.stringify(require('./package.json').version) + ';'\" > src/version.ts",
     "dist": "scripts/dist",
     "format": "npx prettier \"{,test/**/}*.ts\" \"{,src/**/}*.ts\" !.gitignore  --list-different --no-editorconfig",
     "format:fix": "npm run format -- --write",
diff --git a/src/RelayServer.ts b/src/RelayServer.ts
index 453cfb0..5866cd1 100644
--- a/src/RelayServer.ts
+++ b/src/RelayServer.ts
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ import {
   EVENT_REPLENISH_CHECK_REQUIRED,
   registerEventHandlers,
 } from './events';
-
-const VERSION = '2.0.1';
+import { SERVER_VERSION as version } from './version';
 
 type HubInfo = {
   relayWorkerAddress: string;
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ export class RelayServer extends EventEmitter {
     );
     this.printServerAddresses();
 
-    log.info('RelayServer version', VERSION);
+    log.info('RelayServer version', version);
     log.info('Using server configuration:\n', this.config);
     registerEventHandlers(this);
   }
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ export class RelayServer extends EventEmitter {
       chainId: this.chainId?.toString(),
       networkId: this.networkId?.toString(),
       ready: this.isReady() ?? false,
-      version: VERSION,
+      version: version,
     };
   }