diff --git a/api/src/routes/public/status.test.ts b/api/src/routes/public/status.test.ts
index e6852a695e4..744784b591d 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/public/status.test.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/public/status.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { setupServer, superRequest } from '../../../jest.utils';
+import { DEPLOYMENT_VERSION } from '../../utils/env';
 
 describe('/status', () => {
   setupServer();
@@ -11,4 +12,13 @@ describe('/status', () => {
     expect(response.body).toStrictEqual({ msg: 'pong' });
     expect(response.status).toBe(200);
   });
+
+  test('GET returns 200 status code with version', async () => {
+    const response = await superRequest('/status/version', {
+      method: 'GET'
+    });
+
+    expect(response.body).toStrictEqual({ version: DEPLOYMENT_VERSION });
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/api/src/routes/public/status.ts b/api/src/routes/public/status.ts
index 8484c815c87..b5b21089507 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/public/status.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/public/status.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { type FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox } from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
 
+import { DEPLOYMENT_VERSION } from '../../utils/env';
+
 /**
  * Plugin for the health check endpoint.
  *
@@ -18,5 +20,10 @@ export const statusRoute: FastifyPluginCallbackTypebox = (
     return { msg: 'pong' };
   });
 
+  fastify.get('/status/version', async (req, _reply) => {
+    fastify.log.child({ req }).debug('version');
+    return { version: DEPLOYMENT_VERSION };
+  });
+
   done();
 };
diff --git a/api/src/utils/env.ts b/api/src/utils/env.ts
index 89a7d6b2c31..45112bf9c11 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/env.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/env.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ if (process.env.FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
   assert.notEqual(process.env.COOKIE_SECRET, 'a_cookie_secret');
   assert.ok(process.env.SENTRY_DSN);
   assert.ok(process.env.SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT);
+  assert.ok(process.env.DEPLOYMENT_VERSION);
   // The following values can exist in development, but production-like
   // environments need to override the defaults.
   assert.notEqual(
@@ -210,3 +211,4 @@ function undefinedOrBool(val: string | undefined): undefined | boolean {
 }
 export const SCREENSHOT_SERVICE_LOCATION =
   process.env.SCREENSHOT_SERVICE_LOCATION;
+export const DEPLOYMENT_VERSION = process.env.DEPLOYMENT_VERSION || 'unknown';