diff --git a/.changelog/package-version-source.md b/.changelog/package-version-source.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17cc950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/package-version-source.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+wallet-cli: patch
+---
+
+Read CLI version output from package metadata instead of a hardcoded source fallback.
diff --git a/src/shared/constants.ts b/src/shared/constants.ts
index 689f0d3..62f1649 100644
--- a/src/shared/constants.ts
+++ b/src/shared/constants.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-export const version = process.env.TEMPO_WALLET_VERSION ?? "0.6.2";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+type PackageJson = {
+  version?: string;
+};
+
+export const version = process.env.TEMPO_WALLET_VERSION ?? packageVersion();
 export const usdcToken = "0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50" as const;
 export const mainnetEscrow = "0x33b901018174ddabe4841042ab76ba85d4e24f25" as const;
 export const moderatoEscrow = "0xe1c4d3dce17bc111181ddf716f75bae49e61a336" as const;
@@ -7,6 +13,16 @@ export const logQueryBlockRange = 50_000n;
 export const logScanDepth = 100_000n;
 export const logHeadMargin = 10n;
 
+function packageVersion() {
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+    readFileSync(new URL("../../package.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"),
+  ) as PackageJson;
+
+  if (!packageJson.version) throw new Error("package.json is missing version");
+
+  return packageJson.version;
+}
+
 export const escrowAbi = [
   {
     type: "function",