diff --git a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/AbstractHollowProducer.java b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/AbstractHollowProducer.java
index e3127b645b..35f33e8889 100644
--- a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/AbstractHollowProducer.java
+++ b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/AbstractHollowProducer.java
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ private void updateHeaderTags(HollowWriteStateEngine writeEngine, long toVersion
                 try {
                     prevDeltaChainVersionCounter = Long.valueOf(str);
                 } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                    prevDeltaChainVersionCounter = 0;
+                    // ignore, prevDeltaChainVersionCounter remains 0
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListener.java b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListener.java
index 33c6430a8b..8dce80ad63 100644
--- a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListener.java
+++ b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListener.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.netflix.hollow.api.producer.AbstractHollowProducerListener;
 import com.netflix.hollow.api.producer.HollowProducer;
+import com.netflix.hollow.core.HollowStateEngine;
 import com.netflix.hollow.core.read.engine.HollowReadStateEngine;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -99,6 +100,15 @@ public void onAnnouncementComplete(com.netflix.hollow.api.producer.Status status
                 .setAnnouncementDurationMillis(elapsed.toMillis());
         lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNanoOptional.ifPresent(announcementMetricsBuilder::setLastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano);
 
+        if (stateEngine.getHeaderTag(HollowStateEngine.HEADER_TAG_DELTA_CHAIN_VERSION_COUNTER) != null) {
+            try {
+                long deltaChainVersionCounter = Long.parseLong(stateEngine.getHeaderTag(HollowStateEngine.HEADER_TAG_DELTA_CHAIN_VERSION_COUNTER));
+                announcementMetricsBuilder.setDeltaChainVersionCounter(deltaChainVersionCounter);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+
         announcementMetricsReporting(announcementMetricsBuilder.build());
     }
 
diff --git a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AnnouncementMetrics.java b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AnnouncementMetrics.java
index 4441509b97..644384e891 100644
--- a/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AnnouncementMetrics.java
+++ b/hollow/src/main/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AnnouncementMetrics.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class AnnouncementMetrics {
     private long announcementDurationMillis;                // Announcement duration in ms, only applicable to completed cycles (skipped cycles dont announce)
     private boolean isAnnouncementSuccess;                  // true if announcement was successful, false if announcement failed
     private OptionalLong lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano;   // monotonic time of last successful announcement (no relation to wall clock), N/A until first successful announcement
-
+    private OptionalLong deltaChainVersionCounter;
 
     public long getDataSizeBytes() {
         return dataSizeBytes;
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public boolean getIsAnnouncementSuccess() {
     public OptionalLong getLastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano() {
         return lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano;
     }
+    public OptionalLong getDeltaChainVersionCounter() {
+        return deltaChainVersionCounter;
+    }
+
 
     private AnnouncementMetrics(Builder builder) {
         this.dataSizeBytes = builder.dataSizeBytes;
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ private AnnouncementMetrics(Builder builder) {
         this.announcementDurationMillis = builder.announcementDurationMillis;
         this.isAnnouncementSuccess = builder.isAnnouncementSuccess;
         this.lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano = builder.lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano;
+        this.deltaChainVersionCounter = builder.deltaChainVersionCounter;
     }
 
     public static final class Builder {
@@ -62,11 +67,13 @@ public static final class Builder {
         private long announcementDurationMillis;
         private boolean isAnnouncementSuccess;
         private OptionalLong lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano;
+        private OptionalLong deltaChainVersionCounter;
         private Map<String, Integer> numShardsPerType;
         private Map<String, Long> shardSizePerType;
 
         public Builder() {
             lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano = OptionalLong.empty();
+            deltaChainVersionCounter = OptionalLong.empty();
         }
 
         public Builder setDataSizeBytes(long dataSizeBytes) {
@@ -93,6 +100,10 @@ public Builder setLastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano(long lastAnnouncementSuccessTi
             this.lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano = OptionalLong.of(lastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano);
             return this;
         }
+        public Builder setDeltaChainVersionCounter(long deltaChainVersionCounter) {
+            this.deltaChainVersionCounter = OptionalLong.of(deltaChainVersionCounter);
+            return this;
+        }
 
         public AnnouncementMetrics build() {
             return new AnnouncementMetrics(this);
diff --git a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListenerTest.java b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListenerTest.java
index 87d8060036..0d9cef4b9a 100644
--- a/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListenerTest.java
+++ b/hollow/src/test/java/com/netflix/hollow/api/producer/metrics/AbstractProducerMetricsListenerTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.netflix.hollow.api.producer.metrics;
 
+import static com.netflix.hollow.core.HollowStateEngine.HEADER_TAG_DELTA_CHAIN_VERSION_COUNTER;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.netflix.hollow.api.producer.HollowProducer;
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ public void cycleMetricsReporting(CycleMetrics cycleMetrics) {
 
     @Test
     public void testAnnouncementCompleteWithSuccess() {
+        when(mockStateEngine.getHeaderTag(eq(HEADER_TAG_DELTA_CHAIN_VERSION_COUNTER))).thenReturn("1");
         final class TestProducerMetricsListener extends AbstractProducerMetricsListener {
             @Override
             public void announcementMetricsReporting(AnnouncementMetrics announcementMetrics) {
@@ -124,6 +127,8 @@ public void announcementMetricsReporting(AnnouncementMetrics announcementMetrics
                         announcementMetrics.getAnnouncementDurationMillis());
                 Assert.assertNotEquals(OptionalLong.of(TEST_LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_NANOS),
                         announcementMetrics.getLastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano());
+                Assert.assertEquals(OptionalLong.of(1l),
+                        announcementMetrics.getDeltaChainVersionCounter());
             }
         }
 
@@ -146,6 +151,8 @@ public void announcementMetricsReporting(AnnouncementMetrics announcementMetrics
                         announcementMetrics.getAnnouncementDurationMillis());
                 Assert.assertEquals(OptionalLong.of(TEST_LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_NANOS),
                         announcementMetrics.getLastAnnouncementSuccessTimeNano());
+                Assert.assertEquals(OptionalLong.empty(),
+                        announcementMetrics.getDeltaChainVersionCounter());
             }
         }