diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e1795d..b8de6ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 *vulnerabilities*report*.json
 *report*json.zip
 .version
-
+version.json
 *.code-workspace
 !project.code-workspace
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a6694b3..ea70e95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config:: _install-dependencies version # Configure development environment (main
 version:
 	rm -f .version
 	make version-create-effective-file dir=.
+	echo "{ \"schemaVersion\": 1, \"label\": \"version\", \"message\": \"$$(head -n 1 .version 2> /dev/null || echo unknown)\", \"color\": \"orange\" }" > version.json
 # ==============================================================================
 
 ${VERBOSE}.SILENT: \
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index d8058a4..2aae8c4 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ version:
 		echo "version: $(VERSION)" > _config.version.yml; \
 		echo "$(VERSION)" > .version; \
 	fi
+	echo "{ \"schemaVersion\": 1, \"label\": \"version\", \"message\": \"$$(head -n 1 .version 2> /dev/null || echo unknown)\", \"color\": \"orange\" }" > version.json
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index fd33efc..23ef355 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ callouts:
 
 include:
   - .version
-
+  - version.json
 exclude:
   - Makefile
   - package-lock.json