diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 728d6df..5846e07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Runnable examples in the [`examples/`](examples/) directory:
 ## Requirements
 
 - Node.js 20+
-- A running OpenDecree server (v0.3.0+)
+- A running OpenDecree server (v0.8.0 – v0.x, pre-1.0)
 
 ## Questions?
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e87cfa..1552dd3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@
     "ts-proto": "^2.11.6",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3",
     "vitest": "^4.1.5"
-  }
+  },
+  "supportedServerVersion": ">=0.8.0,<1.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/gen-version.mjs b/scripts/gen-version.mjs
index f270574..ae65814 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-version.mjs
+++ b/scripts/gen-version.mjs
@@ -5,24 +5,38 @@ import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
 const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync("package.json", "utf8"));
 const version = pkg.version;
+const serverVersion = pkg.supportedServerVersion;
+
+if (!serverVersion) {
+	console.error("package.json missing supportedServerVersion field");
+	process.exit(1);
+}
 
 const content =
 	`// Generated by scripts/gen-version.mjs — do not edit manually.\n` +
-	`export const VERSION = "${version}";\n`;
+	`export const VERSION = "${version}";\n` +
+	`export const SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION = "${serverVersion}";\n`;
 
 if (process.argv.includes("--check")) {
 	const existing = readFileSync("src/version.ts", "utf8");
 	if (existing !== content) {
-		const match = existing.match(/VERSION = "([^"]+)"/);
+		const vMatch = existing.match(/VERSION = "([^"]+)"/);
+		const sMatch = existing.match(/SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION = "([^"]+)"/);
 		console.error(
 			`src/version.ts is out of sync with package.json\n` +
-				`  package.json : ${version}\n` +
-				`  src/version.ts: ${match?.[1] ?? "(unreadable)"}`,
+				`  package.json version              : ${version}\n` +
+				`  src/version.ts VERSION            : ${vMatch?.[1] ?? "(unreadable)"}\n` +
+				`  package.json supportedServerVersion: ${serverVersion}\n` +
+				`  src/version.ts SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION: ${sMatch?.[1] ?? "(unreadable)"}`,
 		);
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
-	console.log(`src/version.ts is in sync with package.json (${version})`);
+	console.log(
+		`src/version.ts is in sync with package.json (${version}, server ${serverVersion})`,
+	);
 } else {
 	writeFileSync("src/version.ts", content);
-	console.log(`Generated src/version.ts with VERSION = "${version}"`);
+	console.log(
+		`Generated src/version.ts with VERSION = "${version}", SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION = "${serverVersion}"`,
+	);
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e610a1f..af23c19 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
-export { VERSION } from "./version.js";
-export const SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION = ">=0.8.0,<1.0.0";
+export { SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION, VERSION } from "./version.js";
 export const PROTO_VERSION = "v1";
 
 export { createChannel } from "./channel.js";
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 83f1e5e..a4990f7 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 // Generated by scripts/gen-version.mjs — do not edit manually.
 export const VERSION = "0.3.0-alpha.1";
+export const SUPPORTED_SERVER_VERSION = ">=0.8.0,<1.0.0";