diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Enhancement or New Feature-20250604-162749.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Enhancement or New Feature-20250604-162749.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c07ef59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Enhancement or New Feature-20250604-162749.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: Enhancement or New Feature
+body: Add new tool to get the MCP server version
+time: 2025-06-04T16:27:49.547265+02:00
diff --git a/src/dbt_mcp/mcp/server.py b/src/dbt_mcp/mcp/server.py
index 1ac1331f..dd2693af 100644
--- a/src/dbt_mcp/mcp/server.py
+++ b/src/dbt_mcp/mcp/server.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from dbt_mcp.config.config import load_config
 from dbt_mcp.dbt_cli.tools import register_dbt_cli_tools
 from dbt_mcp.discovery.tools import register_discovery_tools
+from dbt_mcp.meta.tools import register_meta_tools
 from dbt_mcp.remote.tools import register_remote_tools
 from dbt_mcp.semantic_layer.tools import register_sl_tools
 from dbt_mcp.tracking.tracking import UsageTracker
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ async def call_tool(
 async def create_dbt_mcp():
     dbt_mcp = DbtMCP(usage_tracker=UsageTracker(), name="dbt", lifespan=app_lifespan)
 
+    logger.info("Registering meta tools")
+    register_meta_tools(dbt_mcp)
+
     if config.semantic_layer_config:
         logger.info("Registering semantic layer tools")
         register_sl_tools(dbt_mcp, config.semantic_layer_config)
diff --git a/src/dbt_mcp/meta/tools.py b/src/dbt_mcp/meta/tools.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0009379e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dbt_mcp/meta/tools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import logging
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
+
+from dbt_mcp.prompts.prompts import get_prompt
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def register_meta_tools(dbt_mcp: FastMCP) -> None:
+    @dbt_mcp.tool(description=get_prompt("meta/get_dbt_mcp_server_version"))
+    def get_dbt_mcp_server_version() -> str:
+        return version("dbt-mcp")
diff --git a/src/dbt_mcp/prompts/meta/get_dbt_mcp_server_version.md b/src/dbt_mcp/prompts/meta/get_dbt_mcp_server_version.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e0c0d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dbt_mcp/prompts/meta/get_dbt_mcp_server_version.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this tool returns the current version of the dbt MCP server
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diff --git a/tests/unit/meta/test_tools.py b/tests/unit/meta/test_tools.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e4b598f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/meta/test_tools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from dbt_mcp.meta.tools import register_meta_tools
+
+
+class TestMetaTools(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_get_dbt_mcp_server_version(self):
+        # Create a mock FastMCP
+        mock_fastmcp = MagicMock()
+
+        # Capture the registered tools
+        tools = {}
+
+        # Patch the tool decorator to capture functions
+        def mock_tool_decorator(**kwargs):
+            def decorator(func):
+                tools[func.__name__] = func
+                return func
+
+            return decorator
+
+        mock_fastmcp.tool = mock_tool_decorator
+
+        # Register the tools
+        register_meta_tools(mock_fastmcp)
+
+        # Test the get_dbt_mcp_server_version function
+        with patch("dbt_mcp.meta.tools.version") as mock_version:
+            mock_version.return_value = "1.0.0"
+            result = tools["get_dbt_mcp_server_version"]()
+
+            # Verify the version function was called with correct package name
+            mock_version.assert_called_once_with("dbt-mcp")
+
+            # Verify the result
+            self.assertEqual(result, "1.0.0")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()