diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be7606a3..bf6bdb54 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ ignore = [
   "SIM103",  # forbids multiple returns
   "SIM110",  # requires use of any(...) instead of for-loop
   "G001",  # forbids str.format in log statements
+  "E722",  # forbids unspecific except clause
 ]
 unfixable = [
   "F841",
diff --git a/src/serena/__init__.py b/src/serena/__init__.py
index 9a6ae1b2..bcb2bdbe 100644
--- a/src/serena/__init__.py
+++ b/src/serena/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.0-dev1"
+__version__ = "2025-04-07"
 
 
 def serena_root_path() -> str:
     from pathlib import Path
 
     return str(Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.absolute())
+
+
+def serena_version() -> str:
+    """
+    :return: the version of the package, including git status if available.
+    """
+    version = __version__
+    try:
+        from sensai.util.git import git_status
+        from sensai.util.logging import LoggingDisabledContext
+
+        with LoggingDisabledContext():
+            git_status = git_status()
+        version += f"-{git_status.commit[:8]}"
+        if not git_status.is_clean:
+            version += "-dirty"
+    except:
+        pass
+    return version
diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index 78acc7a6..e84b7c04 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from multilspy import SyncLanguageServer
 from multilspy.multilspy_config import Language, MultilspyConfig
 from multilspy.multilspy_logger import MultilspyLogger
 from multilspy.multilspy_types import SymbolKind
-from serena import __version__, serena_root_path
+from serena import serena_root_path, serena_version
 from serena.gui_log_viewer import GuiLogViewer, GuiLogViewerHandler
 from serena.llm.prompt_factory import PromptFactory
 from serena.symbol import SymbolLocation, SymbolManager
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class SerenaAgent:
                 self._gui_log_handler = GuiLogViewerHandler(GuiLogViewer(title="Serena Logs"), level=log_level, format_string=LOG_FORMAT)
                 Logger.root.addHandler(self._gui_log_handler)
 
-        log.info(f"Starting Serena server (version={__version__}, process id={os.getpid()}, parent process id={os.getppid()})")
+        log.info(f"Starting Serena server (version={serena_version()}, process id={os.getpid()}, parent process id={os.getppid()})")
         log.info("Available projects: {}".format(", ".join(self.serena_config.project_names)))
 
         self.prompt_factory = PromptFactory()