diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index fab70a13f..ac4c85600 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: simplexmq
-version: 4.2.1
+version: 4.2.2
 synopsis: SimpleXMQ message broker
 description: |
   This package includes <./docs/Simplex-Messaging-Server.html server>,
diff --git a/simplexmq.cabal b/simplexmq.cabal
index d1858104f..91ddf8394 100644
--- a/simplexmq.cabal
+++ b/simplexmq.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal-version: 1.12
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           simplexmq
-version:        4.2.1
+version:        4.2.2
 synopsis:       SimpleXMQ message broker
 description:    This package includes <./docs/Simplex-Messaging-Server.html server>,
                 <./docs/Simplex-Messaging-Client.html client> and
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Transport.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Transport.hs
index b33145324..0234c5146 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Transport.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Transport.hs
@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
 import Data.Default (def)
 import Data.Functor (($>))
+import Data.Version (showVersion)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import GHC.IO.Handle.Internals (ioe_EOF)
 import Generic.Random (genericArbitraryU)
 import Network.Socket
 import qualified Network.TLS as T
 import qualified Network.TLS.Extra as TE
+import qualified Paths_simplexmq as SMQ
 import qualified Simplex.Messaging.Crypto as C
 import Simplex.Messaging.Encoding
 import Simplex.Messaging.Parsers (dropPrefix, parse, parseRead1, sumTypeJSON)
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ supportedSMPServerVRange :: VersionRange
 supportedSMPServerVRange = mkVersionRange 1 5
 
 simplexMQVersion :: String
-simplexMQVersion = "4.2.1"
+simplexMQVersion = showVersion SMQ.version
 
 -- * Transport connection class