diff --git a/packages/apps-engine/src/definition/version.ts b/packages/apps-engine/src/definition/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8feda95c5ad5d..0000000000000
--- a/packages/apps-engine/src/definition/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * The version of the Apps-Engine package.
- * Consumed by host-side code (e.g. AppPackageParser) to validate app compatibility
- * without relying on filesystem path traversal.
- *
- * Uses require() instead of a static import so TypeScript does not resolve the path
- * at compile time.
- *
- * When running for tests, using ts-node, package.json is located two levels above the current file.
- * When running in production, package.json is located one level above the compiled version of this file.
- */
-const runningFromSource = __dirname.endsWith('src/definition');
-const requirePath = runningFromSource ? '../../package.json' : '../package.json';
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-dynamic-require, @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports -- Paths are bounded, we just need to decide which package.json file to target
-export const ENGINE_VERSION: string = require(requirePath).version;
diff --git a/packages/apps/src/server/compiler/AppPackageParser.ts b/packages/apps/src/server/compiler/AppPackageParser.ts
index 827f7d2208b0d..233cf2971056f 100644
--- a/packages/apps/src/server/compiler/AppPackageParser.ts
+++ b/packages/apps/src/server/compiler/AppPackageParser.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 
 import type { IAppInfo } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/metadata/IAppInfo';
-import { ENGINE_VERSION } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/definition/version';
+import { version } from '@rocket.chat/apps-engine/package.json';
 import AdmZip from 'adm-zip';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ export class AppPackageParser {
 
 	private allowedIconExts: Array<string> = ['.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif'];
 
-	private appsEngineVersion: string = ENGINE_VERSION;
+	private readonly appsEngineVersion: string;
+
+	constructor() {
+		[this.appsEngineVersion] = version.split('-'); // In case there is a suffix like -dev, -rc.0, etc. We just want the version number for semver comparison
+	}
 
 	public async unpackageApp(appPackage: Buffer): Promise<IParseAppPackageResult> {
 		const zip = new AdmZip(appPackage);