diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c6ed16..f70a85b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Adobe Client Data Layer
 
+[![NPM version](https://badgen.net/npm/v/@adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)
 [![BundlePhobia](https://badgen.net/bundlephobia/minzip/@adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)](https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=@adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)
 [![LGTM](https://badgen.net/lgtm/grade/g/adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)](https://lgtm.com/projects/g/adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)
 [![CircleCI](https://badgen.net/circleci/github/adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/adobe/adobe-client-data-layer)
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ First run the following commands:
 ```
 npm install
 ```   
- 
+
 Then choose from the following npm scripts:
 * `npm run dev` - run the tests, generates the build in the `./dist` folder and runs a development server on `localhost:3000`.
 * `npm run build` - run the tests and generates the build in the `./dist` folder.
diff --git a/gulp/tasks/release.js b/gulp/tasks/release.js
index fb283c8..10164cf 100644
--- a/gulp/tasks/release.js
+++ b/gulp/tasks/release.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function(gulp) {
 
   gulp.task('perform-version-bump', (done) => {
     const doBump = () => {
-      gulp.src([`${CWD}/package.json`, `${CWD}/package-lock.json`])
+      gulp.src([`${CWD}/package.json`, `${CWD}/package-lock.json`, `${CWD}/version.json`])
         .pipe(bump({version: releaseVersion}))
         .pipe(gulp.dest('./'))
         .on('end', () => {
diff --git a/src/dataLayerManager.js b/src/dataLayerManager.js
index 62b882b..2c8bd63 100644
--- a/src/dataLayerManager.js
+++ b/src/dataLayerManager.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const _ = require('../custom-lodash');
 const cloneDeep = _.cloneDeep;
 const get = _.get;
 
+const version = require('../version.json').version;
 const Item = require('./item');
 const Listener = require('./listener');
 const ListenerManager = require('./listenerManager');
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
     }
 
     _dataLayer = _config.dataLayer;
+    _dataLayer.version = version;
     _state = {};
     _previousStateCopy = {};
     _listenerManager = ListenerManager(DataLayerManager);
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a8bfb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.0.2"
+}