diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/src/config.ts b/packages/orchestrator/src/config.ts
index d39131a1..8bacdb73 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/src/config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const CONFIG_DIR_NAME = ".pi";
 const ENV_ORCHESTRATOR_DIR = "PI_ORCHESTRATOR_DIR";
 
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
 /**
  * Detect if we're running as a Bun compiled binary.
  * Bun binaries have import.meta.url containing "$bunfs", "~BUN", or "%7EBUN" (Bun's virtual filesystem path)
@@ -11,6 +16,32 @@ const ENV_ORCHESTRATOR_DIR = "PI_ORCHESTRATOR_DIR";
 export const isBunBinary =
 	import.meta.url.includes("$bunfs") || import.meta.url.includes("~BUN") || import.meta.url.includes("%7EBUN");
 
+interface PackageJson {
+	version?: string;
+}
+
+function getPackageJsonPath(): string {
+	let dir = __dirname;
+	while (dir !== dirname(dir)) {
+		const packageJsonPath = join(dir, "package.json");
+		if (existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
+			return packageJsonPath;
+		}
+		dir = dirname(dir);
+	}
+	return join(__dirname, "package.json");
+}
+
+let pkg: PackageJson = {};
+try {
+	pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(getPackageJsonPath(), "utf-8")) as PackageJson;
+} catch (e: unknown) {
+	const err = e as NodeJS.ErrnoException;
+	if (err.code !== "ENOENT") throw e;
+}
+
+export const VERSION: string = pkg.version || "0.0.0";
+
 export function getOrchestratorDir(): string {
 	const envDir = process.env[ENV_ORCHESTRATOR_DIR];
 	if (envDir) {
diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/src/radius.ts b/packages/orchestrator/src/radius.ts
index aacd7130..2d6347f9 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/src/radius.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/src/radius.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { hostname, platform } from "node:os";
 import { AuthStorage, type OAuthCredential } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
-import { getOrchestratorDir, getSocketPath } from "./config.ts";
+import { getOrchestratorDir, getSocketPath, VERSION } from "./config.ts";
 import { loadMachine, saveMachine } from "./storage.ts";
 import type { InstanceRecord, MachineRecord, RadiusRegistration } from "./types.ts";
 
 const DEFAULT_RADIUS_URL = "https://radius.pi.dev/";
 const DEFAULT_ORCHESTRATOR_BASE_PATH = "/v1/";
-const ORCHESTRATOR_VERSION = "0.79.6";
 const NOT_FOUND_RETRY_THRESHOLD = 3;
 const HEARTBEAT_BACKOFF_BASE_MS = 1_000;
 const HEARTBEAT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS = 30_000;
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ export class RadiusPresence {
 			hostname: hostname(),
 			platform: platform(),
 			arch: process.arch,
-			version: ORCHESTRATOR_VERSION,
+			version: VERSION,
 			capabilities: { spawn: true, relay: false, iroh: false },
 		});