diff --git a/packages/elixir-client/mix.exs b/packages/elixir-client/mix.exs
index 53c3dd0d0a..a6d4714a98 100644
--- a/packages/elixir-client/mix.exs
+++ b/packages/elixir-client/mix.exs
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ defmodule Electric.Client.MixProject do
 
   @github_repo "https://github.com/electric-sql/electric"
 
+  # Project version is obtained by evaluating version.exs in development. Before publishing to
+  # hex.pm, the line below is replaced with a static version string via the
+  # `mix:write-static-version` script in package.json.
+  {version, _bindings} = Code.eval_file("version.exs")
+  @version version || "0.0.0"
+  @docs_source_ref_version version || "main"
+
   def project do
     [
       app: :electric_client,
-      version: version(),
+      version: @version,
       elixir: "~> 1.17",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
@@ -59,8 +66,7 @@ defmodule Electric.Client.MixProject do
   defp deps_for(_), do: []
 
   defp docs do
-    version = version("main")
-    tag = URI.encode("@core/elixir-client@#{version}", &(&1 != ?@))
+    tag = URI.encode("@core/elixir-client@#{@docs_source_ref_version}", &(&1 != ?@))
 
     [
       main: "Electric.Client",
@@ -84,26 +90,4 @@ defmodule Electric.Client.MixProject do
   defp description do
     "Elixir client for ElectricSQL"
   end
-
-  defp version(default \\ "0.0.0") do
-    with :error <- version_from_env(),
-         :error <- version_from_package_json() do
-      default
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp version_from_env do
-    with {:ok, version} <- System.fetch_env("ELECTRIC_CLIENT_VERSION"),
-         trimmed = String.trim(version),
-         {:ok, _} <- Version.parse(trimmed) do
-      trimmed
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp version_from_package_json do
-    case File.read("./package.json") do
-      {:ok, binary} -> binary |> :json.decode() |> Map.fetch!("version")
-      {:error, _} -> :error
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/packages/elixir-client/package.json b/packages/elixir-client/package.json
index 9294633356..52891712a2 100644
--- a/packages/elixir-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/elixir-client/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.2.5",
   "scripts": {
-    "publish:hex": "mix do deps.get, hex.publish --yes || true"
+    "mix:write-static-version": "sed -i \"/version.exs/c\\ \\ version = $(elixir -r version.exs -e 'IO.inspect Electric.Version.version()')\" mix.exs",
+    "publish:hex": "pnpm mix:write-static-version && mix do deps.get, hex.publish --yes || true"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/elixir-client/version.exs b/packages/elixir-client/version.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..442c3c0e4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/elixir-client/version.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This helper script is evaluated in mix.exs to obtain the Mix project version.
+
+defmodule Electric.Version do
+  def version(default \\ nil) do
+    with :error <- version_from_env(),
+         :error <- version_from_package_json() do
+      default
+    end
+  end
+
+  def write_static_version(file) do
+    File.write!(file, inspect(version()))
+  end
+
+  defp version_from_env do
+    with {:ok, version} <- System.fetch_env("ELECTRIC_VERSION"),
+         trimmed = String.trim(version),
+         {:ok, _} <- Version.parse(trimmed) do
+      trimmed
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp version_from_package_json do
+    case File.read("./package.json") do
+      {:ok, binary} -> binary |> :json.decode() |> Map.fetch!("version")
+      {:error, _} -> :error
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Electric.Version.version()
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/mix.exs b/packages/sync-service/mix.exs
index 6f2803bdea..fa45a3259f 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/mix.exs
+++ b/packages/sync-service/mix.exs
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ defmodule Electric.MixProject do
 
   @github_repo "https://github.com/electric-sql/electric"
 
+  # Project version is obtained by evaluating version.exs in development. Before publishing to
+  # hex.pm, the line below is replaced with a static version string via the
+  # `mix:write-static-version` script in package.json.
+  {version, _bindings} = Code.eval_file("version.exs")
+  @version version || "0.0.0"
+  @docs_source_ref_version version || "main"
+
   def project do
     [
       app: :electric,
-      version: version(),
+      version: @version,
       elixir: "~> 1.17",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
@@ -121,28 +128,6 @@ defmodule Electric.MixProject do
     ]
   end
 
-  defp version(default \\ "0.0.0") do
-    with :error <- version_from_env(),
-         :error <- version_from_package_json() do
-      default
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp version_from_env do
-    with {:ok, version} <- System.fetch_env("ELECTRIC_VERSION"),
-         trimmed = String.trim(version),
-         {:ok, _} <- Version.parse(trimmed) do
-      trimmed
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp version_from_package_json do
-    case File.read("./package.json") do
-      {:ok, binary} -> binary |> :json.decode() |> Map.fetch!("version")
-      {:error, _} -> :error
-    end
-  end
-
   defp description do
     "Postgres sync engine. Sync little subsets of your Postgres data into local apps and services. "
   end
@@ -158,8 +143,7 @@ defmodule Electric.MixProject do
   end
 
   defp docs do
-    version = version("main")
-    tag = URI.encode("@core/sync-service@#{version}", &(&1 != ?@))
+    tag = URI.encode("@core/sync-service@#{@docs_source_ref_version}", &(&1 != ?@))
 
     [
       main: "readme",
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/package.json b/packages/sync-service/package.json
index 42bac7932a..ea0fab5cdc 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/sync-service/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "1.0.0-beta.1",
   "scripts": {
-    "publish:hex": "mix do deps.get, hex.publish --yes || true"
+    "mix:write-static-version": "sed -i \"/version.exs/c\\ \\ version = $(elixir -r version.exs -e 'IO.inspect Electric.Version.version()')\" mix.exs",
+    "publish:hex": "pnpm mix:write-static-version && mix do deps.get, hex.publish --yes || true"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/version.exs b/packages/sync-service/version.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..442c3c0e4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sync-service/version.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This helper script is evaluated in mix.exs to obtain the Mix project version.
+
+defmodule Electric.Version do
+  def version(default \\ nil) do
+    with :error <- version_from_env(),
+         :error <- version_from_package_json() do
+      default
+    end
+  end
+
+  def write_static_version(file) do
+    File.write!(file, inspect(version()))
+  end
+
+  defp version_from_env do
+    with {:ok, version} <- System.fetch_env("ELECTRIC_VERSION"),
+         trimmed = String.trim(version),
+         {:ok, _} <- Version.parse(trimmed) do
+      trimmed
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp version_from_package_json do
+    case File.read("./package.json") do
+      {:ok, binary} -> binary |> :json.decode() |> Map.fetch!("version")
+      {:error, _} -> :error
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Electric.Version.version()