diff --git a/.changeset/fix-cli-version.md b/.changeset/fix-cli-version.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97be2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-cli-version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@promptc/cli": patch
+---
+
+Report the CLI package version from package.json instead of a stale hard-coded value.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 3c4ac09..2614494 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 //   3  pass precondition failure (an explicitly-requested pass refused to run)
 
 import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
 import { validateIR, type SourceFormat } from "@promptc/ir";
 import { codegen } from "@promptc/codegen";
@@ -30,7 +31,13 @@ import { runPipeline, type PassRecord, listAllPasses } from "./pipeline.js";
 import { parseSource } from "./parse.js";
 import { tokenCount } from "./tokens.js";
 
-const VERSION = "0.0.1";
+const VERSION = readPackageVersion();
+
+function readPackageVersion(): string {
+  const packageJsonUrl = new URL("../package.json", import.meta.url);
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonUrl, "utf8")) as { version?: string };
+  return packageJson.version ?? "0.0.0";
+}
 
 interface OptimizeFlags {
   target: "cost" | "tokens" | "none";
@@ -732,4 +739,3 @@ See docs/PASSES.md for per-pass preconditions, postconditions, and
 behavior-preservation arguments.
 `);
 }
-