diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/package.json b/packages/apollo-wind/package.json
index b578d810b..50d583c69 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "rslib build --watch",
-    "build": "rslib build && npm run build:css",
+    "build": "node scripts/generate-version-css.mjs && rslib build && npm run build:css",
     "build:css": "npx @tailwindcss/cli -i ./src/styles/tailwind.css -o ./dist/styles.css",
     "test": "vitest run",
     "test:ui": "vitest --ui",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/rslib.config.ts b/packages/apollo-wind/rslib.config.ts
index 135cb72c6..8c5cdf301 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/rslib.config.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/rslib.config.ts
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     copy: [
       // Copy tailwind.consumer.css to dist/tailwind.css
       { from: './src/styles/tailwind.consumer.css', to: './tailwind.css' },
-      // tailwind.consumer.css imports this via relative path
+      // tailwind.consumer.css imports these via relative path
       { from: './src/styles/tailwind.utilities.css', to: './tailwind.utilities.css' },
+      { from: './src/styles/version.generated.css', to: './version.generated.css' },
     ],
   },
   tools: {
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/scripts/generate-version-css.mjs b/packages/apollo-wind/scripts/generate-version-css.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..868722361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/scripts/generate-version-css.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Generates src/styles/version.generated.css from this package's version.
+//
+// Exposes the current @uipath/apollo-wind version as a CSS custom property
+// (`--apollo-wind-version`) so consumers can detect at runtime both that the
+// Wind stylesheet is present and which version is loaded (e.g. traceview
+// checks this before self-injecting its utility sheet in light-DOM hosts).
+//
+// package.json is the single source of truth. This runs as the first step of
+// `build`, so the published value always matches the released version. The
+// generated file is committed too, because the source CSS is imported directly
+// by Storybook and apollo-react's canvas styles, which never run this script.
+
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const packageRoot = resolve(scriptDir, '..');
+const packageJsonPath = resolve(packageRoot, 'package.json');
+const outputPath = resolve(packageRoot, 'src/styles/version.generated.css');
+
+/** Render the version stylesheet body for a given version string. */
+export function renderVersionCss(version) {
+  return `/**
+ * AUTO-GENERATED by scripts/generate-version-css.mjs — do not edit by hand.
+ * Regenerated from package.json on every build. See the script for rationale.
+ */
+
+:root {
+  --apollo-wind-version: "${version}";
+}
+`;
+}
+
+/** Read package.json, write version.generated.css, and return the version. */
+export function generateVersionCss() {
+  const { version } = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf8'));
+  if (!version) {
+    throw new Error(`No "version" field found in ${packageJsonPath}`);
+  }
+  writeFileSync(outputPath, renderVersionCss(version));
+  return version;
+}
+
+// Run when invoked directly (e.g. `node scripts/generate-version-css.mjs`),
+// but not when imported by a test.
+if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {
+  const version = generateVersionCss();
+  console.log(`Wrote --apollo-wind-version: "${version}" to src/styles/version.generated.css`);
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/tailwind.consumer.css b/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/tailwind.consumer.css
index 6efd04b0d..e5cfc3eab 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/tailwind.consumer.css
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/tailwind.consumer.css
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 @import "./tailwind.utilities.css";
 
+/* Exposes --apollo-wind-version (auto-generated from package.json on build). */
+@import "./version.generated.css";
+
 :root {
   --radius: 0.75rem;
   /* 12px — base border-radius for buttons and UI elements */
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/version.generated.css b/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/version.generated.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7a71b8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/version.generated.css
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * AUTO-GENERATED by scripts/generate-version-css.mjs — do not edit by hand.
+ * Regenerated from package.json on every build. See the script for rationale.
+ */
+
+:root {
+  --apollo-wind-version: "2.29.0";
+}
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/version.test.ts b/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/version.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b34155d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/styles/version.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { renderVersionCss } from '../../scripts/generate-version-css.mjs';
+
+const packageRoot = resolve(__dirname, '../..');
+const version = JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(packageRoot, 'package.json'), 'utf8'))
+  .version as string;
+const generatedCss = readFileSync(resolve(packageRoot, 'src/styles/version.generated.css'), 'utf8');
+
+describe('--apollo-wind-version', () => {
+  it('exposes the token in the generated stylesheet', () => {
+    expect(generatedCss).toContain('--apollo-wind-version:');
+  });
+
+  it('matches the current package.json version (regenerate via `pnpm build` if this fails)', () => {
+    expect(generatedCss).toBe(renderVersionCss(version));
+    expect(generatedCss).toContain(`--apollo-wind-version: "${version}";`);
+  });
+});