diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbfa54aa3..f31493991 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Changelog
     - project-local `gradle.properties`
     - root-project `local.properties`
     - root-project/global `gradle.properties`
+- **New**: Extract `version-number` artifact. This contains a Kotlin, non-deprecated `VersionNumber` API. This is useful given that Gradle's is both deprecated and not available in standard JVM projects.
 - Remove defunct `foundry.git.hooksPath` and `foundry.git.ignoreRevsFile` properties.
 
 0.20.2
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ed63160e2..de0dbd7c3 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ dependencies {
   dokka(projects.tools.foundryCommon)
   dokka(projects.tools.skippy)
   dokka(projects.tools.tracing)
+  dokka(projects.tools.versionNumber)
+  dokka(projects.platforms.gradle.betterGradleProperties)
   dokka(projects.platforms.gradle.foundryGradlePlugin)
   dokka(projects.platforms.gradle.agpHandlers.agpHandlerApi)
 }
diff --git a/platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/build.gradle.kts b/platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/build.gradle.kts
index 94115af83..30ec00960 100644
--- a/platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
   lintChecks(libs.gradleLints)
-  implementation(libs.guava)
+  implementation(projects.tools.versionNumber)
 
   compileOnly(gradleApi())
   compileOnly(libs.agp)
diff --git a/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 70f89ce64..d70617bb3 100644
--- a/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   // Better I/O
   api(libs.okio)
   api(projects.platforms.gradle.agpHandlers.agpHandlerApi)
+  api(projects.tools.versionNumber)
 
   implementation(platform(libs.coroutines.bom))
   implementation(libs.commonsText) { because("For access to its StringEscapeUtils") }
diff --git a/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/FoundryRootPlugin.kt b/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/FoundryRootPlugin.kt
index 6ef33b06f..dc02d750f 100644
--- a/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/FoundryRootPlugin.kt
+++ b/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/FoundryRootPlugin.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.updates.DependencyUpdatesTask
 import com.osacky.doctor.DoctorExtension
 import com.squareup.moshi.adapter
 import foundry.cli.AppleSiliconCompat
-import foundry.gradle.agp.VersionNumber
+import foundry.common.versioning.VersionNumber
 import foundry.gradle.avoidance.ComputeAffectedProjectsTask
 import foundry.gradle.avoidance.GenerateAndroidTestProjectPathsTask
 import foundry.gradle.avoidance.GenerateDependencyGraphTask
diff --git a/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/tasks/BaseDownloadTask.kt b/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/tasks/BaseDownloadTask.kt
index def20d626..e570792ee 100644
--- a/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/tasks/BaseDownloadTask.kt
+++ b/platforms/gradle/foundry-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/tasks/BaseDownloadTask.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package foundry.gradle.tasks
 
-import foundry.gradle.agp.VersionNumber
+import foundry.common.versioning.VersionNumber
 import java.io.IOException
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 01e911545..81921ac9d 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ include(
   ":tools:foundry-common",
   ":tools:skippy",
   ":tools:tracing",
+  ":tools:version-number",
 )
 
 // https://docs.gradle.org/5.6/userguide/groovy_plugin.html#sec:groovy_compilation_avoidance
diff --git a/tools/version-number/api/version-number.api b/tools/version-number/api/version-number.api
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cb026521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/version-number/api/version-number.api
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+public final class foundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber : java/lang/Comparable {
+	public static final field Companion Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$Companion;
+	public fun <init> (IIIILjava/lang/String;)V
+	public synthetic fun <init> (IIIILjava/lang/String;Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$AbstractScheme;Lkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+	public fun <init> (IIILjava/lang/String;)V
+	public fun compareTo (Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;)I
+	public synthetic fun compareTo (Ljava/lang/Object;)I
+	public fun equals (Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
+	public final fun getBaseVersion ()Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+	public final fun getMajor ()I
+	public final fun getMicro ()I
+	public final fun getMinor ()I
+	public final fun getPatch ()I
+	public final fun getQualifier ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public fun hashCode ()I
+	public fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
+}
+
+public final class foundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$Companion {
+	public final fun getUNKNOWN ()Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+	public final fun parse (Ljava/lang/String;)Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+	public final fun scheme ()Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$Scheme;
+	public final fun version (I)Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+	public final fun version (II)Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+	public static synthetic fun version$default (Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$Companion;IIILjava/lang/Object;)Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+	public final fun withPatchNumber ()Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$Scheme;
+}
+
+public abstract interface class foundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber$Scheme {
+	public abstract fun format (Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;)Ljava/lang/String;
+	public abstract fun parse (Ljava/lang/String;)Lfoundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber;
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/version-number/build.gradle.kts b/tools/version-number/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21b5ba8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/version-number/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Slack Technologies, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+plugins {
+  alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm)
+  alias(libs.plugins.mavenPublish)
+  alias(libs.plugins.lint)
+}
+
+dependencies { implementation(libs.guava) }
diff --git a/tools/version-number/gradle.properties b/tools/version-number/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48d67f665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/version-number/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+POM_ARTIFACT_ID=version-number
+POM_NAME=VersionNumber
+POM_DESCRIPTION=VersionNumber
diff --git a/platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/agp/VersionNumber.kt b/tools/version-number/src/main/kotlin/foundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/agp/VersionNumber.kt
rename to tools/version-number/src/main/kotlin/foundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber.kt
index 8d7deed28..e1dd52a87 100644
--- a/platforms/gradle/agp-handlers/agp-handler-api/src/main/kotlin/foundry/gradle/agp/VersionNumber.kt
+++ b/tools/version-number/src/main/kotlin/foundry/common/versioning/VersionNumber.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package foundry.gradle.agp
+package foundry.common.versioning
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering
 import java.util.Locale
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private constructor(
 
   private abstract class AbstractScheme protected constructor(val depth: Int) : Scheme {
     override fun parse(value: String?): VersionNumber {
-      if (value == null || value.isEmpty()) {
+      if (value.isNullOrEmpty()) {
         return UNKNOWN
       }
       val scanner = Scanner(value)