diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs
index 0de97c4e..36bb531c 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ use crate::api::error::Error;
 use crate::cache::Cache;
 use crate::Options;
 
-pub const VERSION: &str = env!("RADICLE_VERSION");
+pub const RADICLE_VERSION: &str = env!("RADICLE_VERSION");
+// This version has to be updated on every breaking change to the radicle-httpd API.
+pub const API_VERSION: &str = "0.1.0";
 
 /// Identifier for sessions
 type SessionId = String;
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1.rs
index 437cc715..3815091b 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use axum::routing::get;
 use axum::Router;
 use serde_json::json;
 
-use crate::api::{Context, VERSION};
+use crate::api::{Context, API_VERSION, RADICLE_VERSION};
 
 pub fn router(ctx: Context) -> Router {
     let root_router = Router::new()
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ async fn root_handler(State(ctx): State<Context>) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let response = json!({
         "message": "Welcome!",
         "service": "radicle-httpd",
-        "version": format!("{}-{}", VERSION, env!("GIT_HEAD")),
+        "version": format!("{}-{}", RADICLE_VERSION, env!("GIT_HEAD")),
+        "apiVersion": API_VERSION,
         "nid": ctx.profile.public_key,
         "path": "/api/v1",
         "links": [
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/node.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/node.rs
index 0181868d..2e42b587 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/node.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/node.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use radicle::node::{policy, AliasStore, Handle, NodeId, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT};
 use radicle::Node;
 
 use crate::api::error::Error;
-use crate::api::{self, Context, PoliciesQuery, VERSION};
+use crate::api::{self, Context, PoliciesQuery, RADICLE_VERSION};
 use crate::axum_extra::{Path, Query};
 
 pub fn router(ctx: Context) -> Router {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn node_handler(State(ctx): State<Context>) -> impl IntoResponse {
     };
     let response = json!({
         "id": node_id.to_string(),
-        "version": format!("{}-{}", VERSION, env!("GIT_HEAD")),
+        "version": format!("{}-{}", RADICLE_VERSION, env!("GIT_HEAD")),
         "config": config,
         "state": node_state,
     });