diff --git a/.changeset/clean-hoops-reply.md b/.changeset/clean-hoops-reply.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..734dad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-hoops-reply.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@oxa/core": patch
+---
+
+Export version statically rather than dynamically
diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index ab0968f..02c1fb0 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/config@3.1.2/schema.json",
   "changelog": ["@changesets/changelog-github", { "repo": "oxa-dev/oxa" }],
   "commit": false,
-  "fixed": [],
+  "fixed": [["@oxa/core", "oxa"]],
   "linked": [],
   "access": "public",
   "baseBranch": "main",
diff --git a/packages/oxa-core/.gitignore b/packages/oxa-core/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7271f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/oxa-core/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/version.ts
diff --git a/packages/oxa-core/package.json b/packages/oxa-core/package.json
index 9267c4e..89ca201 100644
--- a/packages/oxa-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/oxa-core/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc && cp ../../schema/schema.json dist/ && pnpm run build:bundle",
+    "copy:version": "echo \"const version = '\"$npm_package_version\"';\nexport default version;\" > src/version.ts",
+    "build": "pnpm run copy:version && tsc && cp ../../schema/schema.json dist/ && pnpm run build:bundle",
     "build:bundle": "esbuild src/cli.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node22 --format=cjs --outfile=dist/cli.bundle.cjs --banner:js='#!/usr/bin/env node' --log-override:empty-import-meta=silent",
     "test": "vitest run",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/packages/oxa-core/src/cli.ts b/packages/oxa-core/src/cli.ts
index b79a7e6..be93889 100644
--- a/packages/oxa-core/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/oxa-core/src/cli.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { program } from "commander";
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import { dirname, join } from "path";
+import version from "./version.js";
 import {
   validateFile,
   validateJson,
@@ -82,24 +80,10 @@ async function readStdin(): Promise<string> {
   return Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf-8");
 }
 
-/**
- * Get package version from package.json.
- */
-function getVersion(): string {
-  try {
-    const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-    const pkgPath = join(__dirname, "..", "package.json");
-    const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, "utf-8"));
-    return pkg.version;
-  } catch {
-    return "0.0.0";
-  }
-}
-
 program
   .name("oxa")
   .description("CLI for validating OXA documents")
-  .version(getVersion());
+  .version(version);
 
 program
   .command("validate")