diff --git a/.changes/add-tauri-get-version.md b/.changes/add-tauri-get-version.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b051a62dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/add-tauri-get-version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": "patch"
+---
+
+Added `tauri::version` function to retrieve Tauri's version from Rust.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
index f064029d9..79b31e1eb 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ pub trait Runtime: runtime::Runtime<EventLoopMessage> {}
 
 impl<W: runtime::Runtime<EventLoopMessage>> Runtime for W {}
 
+/// Returns Tauri version.
+pub fn version() -> &'static str {
+  env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
+}
+
 /// Reads the config file at compile time and generates a [`Context`] based on its content.
 ///
 /// The default config file path is a `tauri.conf.json` file inside the Cargo manifest directory of