diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad2dcf44f0..985dcbb79f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ image = []
 runtime = []
 
 [dependencies]
+const_format = "0.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0.129", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.66"
diff --git a/src/distribution/version.rs b/src/distribution/version.rs
index d5b8b63fb9..8fb5070173 100644
--- a/src/distribution/version.rs
+++ b/src/distribution/version.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use const_format::formatcp;
+
 /// API incompatible changes.
 pub const VERSION_MAJOR: u32 = 1;
 
@@ -10,9 +12,15 @@ pub const VERSION_PATCH: u32 = 0;
 /// Indicates development branch. Releases will be empty string.
 pub const VERSION_DEV: &str = "-dev";
 
+/// Retrieve the version as static str representation.
+pub const VERSION: &str = formatcp!("{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_PATCH}{VERSION_DEV}");
+
 /// Retrieve the version as string representation.
+///
+/// Use [`VERSION`] instead.
+#[deprecated]
 pub fn version() -> String {
-    format!("{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_PATCH}{VERSION_DEV}")
+    VERSION.to_owned()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -20,6 +28,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn version_test() {
         assert_eq!(version(), "1.0.0-dev".to_string())
     }
diff --git a/src/image/version.rs b/src/image/version.rs
index c0ec075956..9a7c4beb09 100644
--- a/src/image/version.rs
+++ b/src/image/version.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use const_format::formatcp;
+
 /// API incompatible changes.
 pub const VERSION_MAJOR: u32 = 1;
 
@@ -10,9 +12,15 @@ pub const VERSION_PATCH: u32 = 1;
 /// Indicates development branch. Releases will be empty string.
 pub const VERSION_DEV: &str = "-dev";
 
+/// Retrieve the version as static str representation.
+pub const VERSION: &str = formatcp!("{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_PATCH}{VERSION_DEV}");
+
 /// Retrieve the version as string representation.
+///
+/// Use [`VERSION`] instead.
+#[deprecated]
 pub fn version() -> String {
-    format!("{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_PATCH}{VERSION_DEV}")
+    VERSION.to_owned()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -20,6 +28,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn version_test() {
         assert_eq!(version(), "1.0.1-dev".to_string())
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime/version.rs b/src/runtime/version.rs
index 2753790d31..2290ad4c26 100644
--- a/src/runtime/version.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/version.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use const_format::formatcp;
+
 /// API incompatible changes.
 pub const VERSION_MAJOR: u32 = 1;
 
@@ -10,9 +12,15 @@ pub const VERSION_PATCH: u32 = 2;
 /// Indicates development branch. Releases will be empty string.
 pub const VERSION_DEV: &str = "-dev";
 
+/// Retrieve the version as static str representation.
+pub const VERSION: &str = formatcp!("{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_PATCH}{VERSION_DEV}");
+
 /// Retrieve the version as string representation.
+///
+/// Use [`VERSION`] instead.
+#[deprecated]
 pub fn version() -> String {
-    format!("{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_PATCH}{VERSION_DEV}")
+    VERSION.to_owned()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -20,6 +28,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn version_test() {
         assert_eq!(version(), "1.0.2-dev".to_string())
     }