diff --git a/apps/imagekit/package.json b/apps/imagekit/package.json
index 736e220..e2efbeb 100644
--- a/apps/imagekit/package.json
+++ b/apps/imagekit/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ponti-studios/imagekit",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "Image asset toolkit — resize, optimize, crop, convert, strip metadata, analyze EXIF, and generate web icons from the command line",
   "keywords": [
     "avif",
diff --git a/apps/imagekit/src/commands/integration.test.ts b/apps/imagekit/src/commands/integration.test.ts
index 610d679..17054b3 100644
--- a/apps/imagekit/src/commands/integration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/imagekit/src/commands/integration.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   runSource,
   tempDir,
 } from "../test-support";
+import pkg from "../../package.json";
 
 const temporaryDirs: string[] = [];
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ describe("iconkit binary fixture matrix", () => {
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(fs.readFileSync(destination, "utf8")).toContain(APP_DIR);
     expect(version.exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(version.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe("1.0.0");
+    expect(version.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe(pkg.version);
   });
 
   test("handles a broken existing symlink without crashing", () => {
diff --git a/apps/imagekit/src/index.ts b/apps/imagekit/src/index.ts
index d2acce8..dd38ca1 100644
--- a/apps/imagekit/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/imagekit/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { cmdFixDates } from "./commands/fix-dates";
 import { cmdRename } from "./commands/rename";
 import { cmdGenerate } from "./commands/generate";
 import { DATE_PATTERN_HELP } from "./date-patterns";
+import pkg from "../package.json";
 
 // Detect invocation name for help text: imagekit is primary, but support iconkit/photokit aliases
 const invokedAs = path.basename(process.execPath).toLowerCase().includes("iconkit")
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ program
   .description(
     "Image asset toolkit — resize, optimize, analyze EXIF, fix dates, rename, and generate web icons from the command line",
   )
-  .version("1.0.0");
+  .version(pkg.version);
 
 // Keep primary name as imagekit for help, but allow alias detection for version output
 // Ensure --version works regardless of invoked name
diff --git a/apps/imagekit/tsconfig.json b/apps/imagekit/tsconfig.json
index f29caef..4919d2b 100644
--- a/apps/imagekit/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/imagekit/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "moduleResolution": "bundler",
     "strict": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "types": ["node", "bun"],
     "outDir": "dist",
diff --git a/scripts/cli/integration/imagekit.sh b/scripts/cli/integration/imagekit.sh
index 758b0c5..3a9f64e 100755
--- a/scripts/cli/integration/imagekit.sh
+++ b/scripts/cli/integration/imagekit.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ cp "$fixtures/metadata-exif.jpg" "$tmpdir/photo.jpg"
 "$binary" strip "$tmpdir/photo.jpg"
 "$binary" info "$tmpdir/photo.jpg" | grep -qi "photo.jpg"
 
-# version surfaces with the imagekit identity
-"$binary" --version | grep -q "1.0.0"
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+# version surfaces and matches package.json
+expected_version="$(node -p "require('$repo_root/apps/imagekit/package.json').version")"
+"$binary" --version | grep -q "$expected_version"
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