CNJR-12082: fix missing VERSION

Author: stefanskicyber

.gitignore

@@ -30,5 +30,4 @@ tmp
 
 # Script to connect to jon's lxc appliances
 lxcsh.rb
-
 VERSION

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Nothing should go in this section, please add to the latest unreleased version
   (and update the corresponding date), or add a new version.
 
-## [6.1.0] - 2025-09-05
+## [6.1.0] - 2025-12-10
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed problem with missing Conjur::API package (CNJR-12082).
+  [cyberark/conjur-api-ruby#224](https://github.com/cyberark/conjur-api-ruby/issues/224)
 
 ### Added
 - Added Config code and tests to repository (CNJR-10552).

lib/conjur/configuration.rb

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 require 'set'
 require 'conjur/cert_utils'
 require 'base64'
+require 'conjur-api/version'
 
 module Conjur
   class << self

spec/configuration_spec.rb

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
       expect(configuration.rest_client_options[:headers]).to include(:'x-cybr-telemetry')
     end
 
+    it "API version check" do
+      VERSION = File.read(File.expand_path('../VERSION', __dir__))
+      expect(configuration.integration_version).to eq VERSION
+    end
+
     it "rest_client_options propagate to RestClient::Resource" do
       expected = {
         ssl_ca_file: "ca_certificate.pem",