diff --git a/apps/server/src/app-version.ts b/apps/server/src/app-version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..375c5bb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/app-version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const appVersion = typeof __APP_VERSION__ === "undefined" ? "0.0.0" : __APP_VERSION__;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/mcp/server.ts b/apps/server/src/mcp/server.ts
index f026fd017..a8d0064bc 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/mcp/server.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/mcp/server.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { onError } from "@orpc/client";
 import { createRouterClient } from "@orpc/server";
 import router from "@reactive-resume/api/routers";
 import { MCP_TOOL_NAME, registerPrompts, registerResources, registerTools } from "@reactive-resume/mcp";
+import { appVersion } from "../app-version";
 import { getRequestLocale } from "../rpc/locale";
 
 function createRequestClient(request: Request): RouterClient<typeof router> {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export async function createMcpServer(request: Request) {
 	const server = new McpServer(
 		{
 			name: "reactive-resume",
-			version: __APP_VERSION__,
+			version: appVersion,
 			title: "Reactive Resume",
 			websiteUrl: "https://rxresu.me",
 			description:
diff --git a/apps/server/src/openapi/handler.ts b/apps/server/src/openapi/handler.ts
index fd51663ad..a1e031abd 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/openapi/handler.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/openapi/handler.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { downloadResumePdfProcedure } from "@reactive-resume/api/features/resume
 import router from "@reactive-resume/api/routers";
 import { env } from "@reactive-resume/env/server";
 import { resumeDataSchema } from "@reactive-resume/schema/resume/data";
+import { appVersion } from "../app-version";
 import { mergeResponseHeaders } from "../http/headers";
 import { getRequestLocale } from "../rpc/locale";
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export async function handleOpenApi(request: Request) {
 		const spec = await openAPIGenerator.generate(openAPIRouter, {
 			info: {
 				title: "Reactive Resume",
-				version: __APP_VERSION__,
+				version: appVersion,
 				description: "Reactive Resume API",
 				license: { name: "MIT", url: "https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume/blob/main/LICENSE" },
 				contact: { name: "Amruth Pillai", email: "hello@amruthpillai.com", url: "https://amruthpillai.com" },
diff --git a/apps/server/src/openapi/metadata.ts b/apps/server/src/openapi/metadata.ts
index 2e4cfc72d..a100133bc 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/openapi/metadata.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/openapi/metadata.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { oauthProviderAuthServerMetadata, oauthProviderOpenIdConfigMetadata } fr
 import { auth } from "@reactive-resume/auth/config";
 import { env } from "@reactive-resume/env/server";
 import { buildMcpServerCard } from "@reactive-resume/mcp/server-card";
+import { appVersion } from "../app-version";
 
 const oauthAuthorizationServerHandler = oauthProviderAuthServerMetadata(auth);
 const openIdConfigurationHandler = oauthProviderOpenIdConfigMetadata(auth);
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export function handleWellKnownFallback() {
 }
 
 export function handleMcpServerCard() {
-	return Response.json(buildMcpServerCard(__APP_VERSION__), {
+	return Response.json(buildMcpServerCard(appVersion), {
 		headers: {
 			"Content-Type": "application/json",
 			"Cache-Control": "public, max-age=60, stale-while-revalidate=120",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/static/schema.ts b/apps/server/src/static/schema.ts
index 2c3113e24..cef0552a8 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/static/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/static/schema.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import z from "zod";
 import { resumeDataSchema } from "@reactive-resume/schema/resume/data";
+import { appVersion } from "../app-version";
 
 export function handleSchemaJson() {
 	const resumeDataJSONSchema = z.toJSONSchema(resumeDataSchema);
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ export function handleSchemaJson() {
 			"Surrogate-Control": "max-age=86400",
 			"X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
 			"X-Robots-Tag": "index, follow",
-			ETag: __APP_VERSION__,
+			ETag: appVersion,
 			Vary: "Accept",
 		},
 	});