diff --git a/packages/taler-util/src/wallet-types.ts b/packages/taler-util/src/wallet-types.ts
index 93653240b..5151b8aae 100644
--- a/packages/taler-util/src/wallet-types.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-util/src/wallet-types.ts
@@ -994,6 +994,9 @@ export interface ExchangeDetailedResponse {
 }
 
 export interface WalletCoreVersion {
+  /**
+   * @deprecated
+   */
   hash: string | undefined;
   version: string;
   exchange: string;
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/.gitignore b/packages/taler-wallet-core/.gitignore
index cb5a51ac5..13d7285e1 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /lib
 /coverage
+/src/version.json
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/package.json b/packages/taler-wallet-core/package.json
index bf4efe814..90ef6a453 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "author": "Florian Dold",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "compile": "tsc --build",
+    "compile": "jq '{version}' package.json > src/version.json && tsc --build",
     "pretty": "prettier --write src",
     "test": "tsc && ava",
     "coverage": "tsc && c8 --src src --all ava",
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@
       "lib/**/*test.*"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
index 628a55e92..1f5c6ee3b 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ import {
   WalletCoreApiClient,
   WalletCoreResponseType,
 } from "./wallet-api-types.js";
+import versionInfo from "./version.json" assert { type: 'json' };
 
 const logger = new Logger("wallet.ts");
 
@@ -1016,12 +1017,6 @@ export async function getClientFromWalletState(
   return client;
 }
 
-declare const __VERSION__: string;
-declare const __GIT_HASH__: string;
-
-const VERSION = typeof __VERSION__ !== "undefined" ? __VERSION__ : "dev";
-const GIT_HASH = typeof __GIT_HASH__ !== "undefined" ? __GIT_HASH__ : undefined;
-
 /**
  * Implementation of the "wallet-core" API.
  */
@@ -1590,15 +1585,15 @@ async function dispatchRequestInternal<Op extends WalletApiOperation>(
 }
 
 export function getVersion(ws: InternalWalletState): WalletCoreVersion {
-  const version: WalletCoreVersion = {
-    hash: GIT_HASH,
-    version: VERSION,
+  const result: WalletCoreVersion = {
+    hash: undefined,
+    version: versionInfo.version,
     exchange: WALLET_EXCHANGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
     merchant: WALLET_MERCHANT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
     bank: WALLET_BANK_INTEGRATION_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
     devMode: false,
   };
-  return version;
+  return result;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/taler-wallet-core/tsconfig.json
index 5b74121a2..8de28b3d8 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
     "target": "ES2017",
     "module": "ESNext",
     "moduleResolution": "Node16",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "lib": ["es6"],
+    "resolvePackageJsonImports": true,
     "types": ["node"],
     "noImplicitReturns": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
@@ -31,5 +33,8 @@
       "path": "../taler-util/"
     }
   ],
-  "include": ["src/**/*"]
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*",
+    "src/*.json"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index d9d1a2fa3..f7fd2f134 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-lockfileVersion: '6.0'
+lockfileVersion: '6.1'
 
 settings:
   autoInstallPeers: true