diff --git a/.changeset/cli-version-from-package.md b/.changeset/cli-version-from-package.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94fbe2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cli-version-from-package.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@maple-dev/changesets": patch
+---
+
+`changeset --version` reports the installed version instead of a hardcoded 0.1.0.
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index a429d24..6dedd27 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import { shouldSkipPackage, skipOptions } from "./config.ts"
 import { CommandExit, UnsupportedFeatureError } from "./errors.ts"
 import { lessThan, type BumpType } from "./semver.ts"
 import type { ComprehensiveRelease, Package, Release } from "./types.ts"
-
-const version = "0.1.0"
+// Inlined at build time, so `--version` always matches the published version.
+import { version } from "../package.json" with { type: "json" }
 
 const listFlag = (name: string, description: string) =>
 	Flag.String(name).pipe(
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9d7eebd..7f67ddb 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		"lib": ["ES2023"],
 		"types": ["node"],
 		"moduleResolution": "bundler",
+		"resolveJsonModule": true,
 		"allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
 		"verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
 		"erasableSyntaxOnly": true,