diff --git a/app/config/collections.php b/app/config/collections.php
index e6d67f08c3..39b1a03a70 100644
--- a/app/config/collections.php
+++ b/app/config/collections.php
@@ -779,6 +779,14 @@ $collections = [
                 'default' => 0,
                 'required' => false,
             ],
+            [
+                '$collection' => Database::SYSTEM_COLLECTION_RULES,
+                'label' => 'Version',
+                'key' => 'version',
+                'type' => Database::SYSTEM_VAR_TYPE_TEXT,
+                'default' => '',
+                'required' => true,
+            ],
             [
                 '$collection' => Database::SYSTEM_COLLECTION_RULES,
                 'label' => 'Webhooks',
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/projects.php b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
index 81c4fdab03..2bac0efb85 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/projects.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/projects.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ App::post('/v1/projects')
                 'legalAddress' => $legalAddress,
                 'legalTaxId' => $legalTaxId,
                 'teamId' => $team->getId(),
+                'version' => APP_VERSION_STABLE,
                 'platforms' => [],
                 'webhooks' => [],
                 'keys' => [],
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Migration/Version/V08.php b/src/Appwrite/Migration/Version/V08.php
index 59294c3269..fbc31c4df1 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Migration/Version/V08.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Migration/Version/V08.php
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ class V08 extends Migration
                         ->removeAttribute('env');
                 }
 
+                break;
+            /**
+             * Add version reference to database.
+             */
+            case Database::SYSTEM_COLLECTION_PROJECTS:
+                    $document->setAttribute('version', '0.9.0');
+
                 break;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/Migration/MigrationV08Test.php b/tests/unit/Migration/MigrationV08Test.php
index cb759cecbd..06ed5f44ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Migration/MigrationV08Test.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Migration/MigrationV08Test.php
@@ -29,5 +29,12 @@ class MigrationV08Test extends MigrationTest
         
         $this->assertEquals($document->getAttribute('env', null), null);
         $this->assertEquals($document->getAttribute('runtime', null), 'node-16');
+
+        $document = $this->fixDocument(new Document([
+            '$id' => 'project',
+            '$collection' => Database::SYSTEM_COLLECTION_PROJECTS
+        ]));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($document->getAttribute('version', null), '0.9.0');
     }
 }