diff --git a/resources/template-js/webapp/manifest.json b/resources/template-js/webapp/manifest.json
index f9722d2c..a8dcb47f 100644
--- a/resources/template-js/webapp/manifest.json
+++ b/resources/template-js/webapp/manifest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
 					"odataVersion": "4.0"
 				}
 			}
-		}<% } %>
+		}<% } %>,
+		"sourceTemplate": {
+			"id": "@ui5/mcp-server:js",
+			"version": "<%= mcpServerVersion %>"
+		}
 	},
 
 	"sap.ui": {
diff --git a/resources/template-ts/webapp/manifest.json b/resources/template-ts/webapp/manifest.json
index 59c4ab67..21b9a160 100644
--- a/resources/template-ts/webapp/manifest.json
+++ b/resources/template-ts/webapp/manifest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
 					"odataVersion": "4.0"
 				}
 			}
-		}<% } %>
+		}<% } %>,
+		"sourceTemplate": {
+			"id": "@ui5/mcp-server:ts",
+			"version": "<%= mcpServerVersion %>"
+		}
 	},
 
 	"sap.ui": {
diff --git a/src/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts b/src/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts
index 3fe4d1a7..280b9689 100644
--- a/src/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts
+++ b/src/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ODataMetadata from "./ODataMetadata.js";
 import {CreateUi5AppParams, CreateUi5AppResult} from "./schema.js";
 import {getLogger} from "@ui5/logger";
 import {isUi5Framework, Ui5Framework} from "../../utils/ui5Framework.js";
-import {dirExists, InvalidInputError} from "../../utils.js";
+import {dirExists, InvalidInputError, PKG_VERSION} from "../../utils.js";
 import isValidUrl from "./isValidUrl.js";
 
 const log = getLogger("tools:create_ui5_app:create_ui5_app");
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ The minimum version for ${framework} is ${minFwkVersionToUse}.`
 		qunitCoverageFile: semver.gte(frameworkVersion, "1.113.0") ?
 			"qunit-coverage-istanbul.js" :
 			"qunit-coverage.js",
+		mcpServerVersion: PKG_VERSION,
 		gte1_98_0: semver.gte(frameworkVersion, "1.98.0"),
 		gte1_100_0: semver.gte(frameworkVersion, "1.100.0"),
 		gte1_104_0: semver.gte(frameworkVersion, "1.104.0"),
diff --git a/src/tools/create_ui5_app/templateProcessor.ts b/src/tools/create_ui5_app/templateProcessor.ts
index 49107e72..cebf2060 100644
--- a/src/tools/create_ui5_app/templateProcessor.ts
+++ b/src/tools/create_ui5_app/templateProcessor.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export interface TemplateVars {
 	defaultTheme: string;
 	/** QUnit coverage file - depends on UI5 version */
 	qunitCoverageFile: string;
+	/** Version of the MCP server, for source template metadata */
+	mcpServerVersion: string;
 	/** Flags for version-specific features */
 	gte1_98_0: boolean;
 	gte1_100_0: boolean;
diff --git a/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/manifest.json b/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/manifest.json
index 6f4e9d2c..fb884bca 100644
--- a/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/manifest.json
+++ b/test/expected/create_ui5_app/com.test.apiapp/webapp/manifest.json
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 		"description": "{{appDescription}}",
 		"applicationVersion": {
 			"version": "${version}"
+		},
+		"sourceTemplate": {
+			"id": "@ui5/mcp-server:ts",
+			"version": "0.0.0-test"
 		}
 	},
 
diff --git a/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.integration.ts b/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.integration.ts
index 1067af9f..f0b5a309 100644
--- a/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.integration.ts
+++ b/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.integration.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ test.beforeEach(async (t) => {
 	};
 	t.context.loggerMock = loggerMock;
 
-	// Mock the @ui5/logger module
+	// Mock the @ui5/logger module and PKG_VERSION
 	const {createUi5App} = await esmock("../../../../src/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.js", {
 		"@ui5/logger": {
 			getLogger: t.context.sinon.stub().returns(loggerMock),
 			isLogLevelEnabled: t.context.sinon.stub().returns(true),
 		},
+		"../../../../src/utils.js": {
+			PKG_VERSION: "0.0.0-test",
+		},
 	});
 
 	t.context.createUi5App = createUi5App;
diff --git a/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts b/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts
index 413ac645..5647f246 100644
--- a/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts
+++ b/test/lib/tools/create_ui5_app/create_ui5_app.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ test.beforeEach(async (t) => {
 		},
 		"../../../../src/utils.js": {
 			dirExists: t.context.dirExists,
+			PKG_VERSION: "0.0.0-test",
 		},
 	});
 
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ test("All parameters", async (t) => {
 			gte1_142_0: false,
 			lt1_110_0: false,
 			lt1_124_0: false,
+			mcpServerVersion: "0.0.0-test",
 			namespace: "com.test.apiapp",
 			oDataEntitySet: "Products",
 			oDataV4Url: "https://localhost/odata/v4/service/",