diff --git a/src/everos_mcp/server.py b/src/everos_mcp/server.py
index 3b3fc65..3c3034c 100644
--- a/src/everos_mcp/server.py
+++ b/src/everos_mcp/server.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from starlette.responses import JSONResponse, PlainTextResponse, Response
 from starlette.types import ASGIApp, Message, Receive, Scope, Send
 
+from . import __version__
 from .client import EverOSClient, EverOSError, now_ms
 from .config import ConfigError, Settings, base_url_from_env
 from .conversation import Conversation, ConversationRegistry
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ def _data(body: str) -> str:
 _registry: ConversationRegistry | None = None
 
 mcp = FastMCP(name="everos", instructions=INSTRUCTIONS)
+# FastMCP takes no version, so without this the handshake reports the mcp
+# library's own version as ours.
+mcp._mcp_server.version = __version__
 
 
 def _local_conversation() -> Conversation:
diff --git a/tests/test_everos_mcp.py b/tests/test_everos_mcp.py
index 7e98b4c..44c0a7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_everos_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_everos_mcp.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
-from everos_mcp import server
+from everos_mcp import __version__, server
 from everos_mcp.client import EverOSClient, EverOSError
 from everos_mcp.config import ConfigError, Settings
 from everos_mcp.conversation import Conversation, ConversationRegistry
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@ def test_tools_registered_with_annotations():
     assert tools["add_memory"].annotations.destructiveHint is False
 
 
+def test_handshake_reports_package_version():
+    options = mcp._mcp_server.create_initialization_options()
+    assert options.server_name == "everos"
+    assert options.server_version == __version__
+
+
 def test_tool_descriptions_keep_model_guidance():
     """Tool descriptions are our API to the model — losing a guidance phrase is
     a regression nothing else would catch."""