diff --git a/frontend/app/src/app/_helpers/data/sample-configuration.ts b/frontend/app/src/app/_helpers/data/sample-configuration.ts
index bc9bfd15..ee2bf03e 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/app/_helpers/data/sample-configuration.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/app/_helpers/data/sample-configuration.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   SCThingOriginType,
   SCThingType,
 } from '@openstapps/core';
-import packageInfo from '@openstapps/core/package.json';
+import {CORE_VERSION} from '@openstapps/core';
 import {Polygon} from 'geojson';
 
 // provides sample aggregations to be used in tests or backendless development
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const sampleIndexResponse: SCIndexResponse = {
   },
   auth: {},
   backend: {
-    SCVersion: packageInfo.version,
+    SCVersion: CORE_VERSION,
     externalRequestTimeout: 5000,
     hiddenTypes: [SCThingType.DateSeries, SCThingType.Diff, SCThingType.Floor],
     mappingIgnoredTags: [],
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts
index 259f1790..eed00bec 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/app/modules/config/config.provider.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import {Client} from '@openstapps/api';
 import {SCAppConfiguration, SCIndexResponse} from '@openstapps/core';
-import packageInfo from '@openstapps/core/package.json';
+import {CORE_VERSION} from '@openstapps/core';
 import {NGXLogger} from 'ngx-logger';
 import {environment} from '../../../environments/environment';
 import {StAppsWebHttpClient} from '../data/stapps-web-http-client.provider';
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class ConfigProvider {
   /**
    * Version of the @openstapps/core package that app is using
    */
-  scVersion = packageInfo.version;
+  scVersion = CORE_VERSION;
 
   /**
    * First session indicator (config not found in storage)
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 91ce69ea..e6c5257d 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@
     "typedoc": "0.24.8",
     "typescript": "5.1.6"
   },
-  "tsup": {
-    "entry": [
-      "src/index.ts"
-    ],
-    "sourcemap": true,
-    "clean": true,
-    "format": "esm",
-    "outDir": "lib"
-  },
   "prettier": "@openstapps/prettier-config",
   "eslintConfig": {
     "extends": [
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 9902c884..6bc46df9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export const CORE_VERSION = process.env.CORE_VERSION!;
+
 export * from './guards.js';
 export * from './meta.js';
 export * from './translator.js';
diff --git a/packages/core/tsup.config.ts b/packages/core/tsup.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5ce8390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/tsup.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import {defineConfig} from 'tsup';
+import packageJson from './package.json' assert {type: 'json'};
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  entry: ['src/index.ts'],
+  sourcemap: true,
+  clean: true,
+  format: 'esm',
+  outDir: 'lib',
+  env: {
+    CORE_VERSION: packageJson.version,
+  },
+});