diff --git a/.changeset/fix-inline-version.md b/.changeset/fix-inline-version.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab01f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-inline-version.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@satoshai/abi-cli": patch
+---
+
+Inline version at build time via tsup define instead of runtime createRequire
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 68b0ebc..c88733a 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { defineCommand, runMain } from 'citty';
 import { fetchCommand } from './commands/fetch.js';
 
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-const { version } = require('../package.json') as { version: string };
+declare const __VERSION__: string;
 
 const main = defineCommand({
   meta: {
     name: 'abi-cli',
-    version,
+    version: __VERSION__,
     description: 'Fetch Stacks contract ABIs and generate TypeScript definitions',
   },
   subCommands: {
diff --git a/tsup.config.ts b/tsup.config.ts
index 15f676a..a379221 100644
--- a/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/tsup.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'tsup';
+import pkg from './package.json';
 
 export default defineConfig([
   {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export default defineConfig([
   {
     entry: ['src/cli.ts'],
     format: ['esm'],
+    define: { __VERSION__: JSON.stringify(pkg.version) },
     banner: { js: '#!/usr/bin/env node' },
     sourcemap: true,
     splitting: false,