diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 14314ff..ca13a4f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -216,6 +216,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git-version"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6b0decc02f4636b9ccad390dcbe77b722a77efedfa393caf8379a51d5c61899"
+dependencies = [
+ "git-version-macro",
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "git-version-macro"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe69f1cbdb6e28af2bac214e943b99ce8a0a06b447d15d3e61161b0423139f3f"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-hack",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hash32"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -484,6 +506,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-hack"
+version = "0.5.20+deprecated"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.49"
@@ -676,6 +704,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "spine"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "git-version",
  "postcard",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2c15d1b..c3f657a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ default-run = "spine"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+git-version = "0.3.5"
 xdg = "2.4"
 toml = "0.5"
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a92c1db..98a660f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ use postcard::{to_slice, from_bytes};
 use tokio::net::UnixListener;
 use tracing::{info, error};
 
+use git_version::git_version;
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+const GIT_VERSION: &str = git_version!();
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Subscriber::builder()