diff --git a/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts b/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
index 919baab0df..d24f0796e2 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ import { RedisVariadicArgument, parseArgs, pushVariadicArguments } from '../comm
 import { BasicClientSideCache, ClientSideCacheConfig, ClientSideCacheProvider } from './cache';
 import { BasicCommandParser, CommandParser } from './parser';
 import SingleEntryCache from '../single-entry-cache';
-import { version } from '../../package.json'
 import EnterpriseMaintenanceManager, { MaintenanceUpdate, MovingEndpointType } from './enterprise-maintenance-manager';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 
 export interface RedisClientOptions<
   M extends RedisModules = RedisModules,
@@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ export default class RedisClient<
 
     if (!this.#options.disableClientInfo) {
       commands.push({
-        cmd: ['CLIENT', 'SETINFO', 'LIB-VER', version],
+        cmd: ['CLIENT', 'SETINFO', 'LIB-VER', await getPackageVersion()],
         errorHandler: () => {
           // Client libraries are expected to pipeline this command
           // after authentication on all connections and ignore failures
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@ export default class RedisClient<
         }
       });
     }
-    
+
     if (this.#clientSideCache) {
       commands.push({cmd: this.#clientSideCache.trackingOn()});
     }
@@ -773,9 +774,9 @@ export default class RedisClient<
     if (this.#options?.emitInvalidate) {
       commands.push({cmd: ['CLIENT', 'TRACKING', 'ON']});
     }
-    
+
     const maintenanceHandshakeCmd = await EnterpriseMaintenanceManager.getHandshakeCommand(this.#options);
-    
+
     if(maintenanceHandshakeCmd) {
       commands.push(maintenanceHandshakeCmd);
     };
@@ -1559,4 +1560,22 @@ export default class RedisClient<
   unref() {
     this._self.#socket.unref();
   }
+
+}
+
+let cachedVersion = "error-fetching-version";
+async function getPackageVersion() {
+  if (cachedVersion) {
+    return cachedVersion;
+  }
+  try {
+    const filePath = resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "package.json");
+    const data = await readFile(filePath, "utf8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(data);
+    cachedVersion = parsed.version;
+    return cachedVersion;
+  } catch (err) {
+    cachedVersion = "error-fetching-version";
+    return cachedVersion;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/commands/CLIENT_INFO.spec.ts b/packages/client/lib/commands/CLIENT_INFO.spec.ts
index 96881e6c1a..5d03e55831 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/commands/CLIENT_INFO.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/commands/CLIENT_INFO.spec.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
 import CLIENT_INFO from './CLIENT_INFO';
 import testUtils, { GLOBAL } from '../test-utils';
 import { parseArgs } from './generic-transformers';
-import { version } from '../../package.json';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 
 describe('CLIENT INFO', () => {
+
+  const filePath = resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "package.json");
+  const data = readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+  const version = JSON.parse(data).version;
+
   testUtils.isVersionGreaterThanHook([6, 2]);
 
   it('transformArguments', () => {