diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8524bee..6fcb70c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint src/ __tests__/",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
     "test": "jest",
+    "version": "echo \"export const Version = '$npm_package_version'\" > src/version.ts && git add src/version.ts && npm run build",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "postpublish": "npm publish --ignore-scripts --@planetscale:registry='https://npm.pkg.github.com'"
   },
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e7ad953..fada66d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { format } from './sanitization.js'
 export { format } from './sanitization.js'
 export { hex } from './text.js'
 import { decode } from './text.js'
-
-const PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.5.0'
+import { Version } from './version.js'
 
 type ReqInit = Pick<RequestInit, 'method' | 'headers'> & {
   body: string
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ async function postJSON<T>(config: Config, url: string | URL, body = {}): Promis
     body: JSON.stringify(body),
     headers: {
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      'User-Agent': `database-js/${PACKAGE_VERSION}`,
+      'User-Agent': `database-js/${Version}`,
       Authorization: `Basic ${auth}`
     }
   })
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e0ca1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const Version = '0.6.0'