diff --git a/dependencies.json b/dependencies.json
index c698a22..06a1d7c 100644
--- a/dependencies.json
+++ b/dependencies.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "*": {
         "*": [
             "Jinja2",
+            "jmespath",
             "lsp_utils",
             "markupsafe",
             "more-itertools",
diff --git a/plugin/client.py b/plugin/client.py
index 2cb7993..4aea41d 100644
--- a/plugin/client.py
+++ b/plugin/client.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, cast
 
+import jmespath
 import sublime
 from LSP.plugin import ClientConfig, DottedDict, MarkdownLangMap, Response, WorkspaceFolder
 from LSP.plugin.core.protocol import CompletionItem, Hover, SignatureHelp
@@ -42,8 +43,6 @@ class LspBasedpyrightPlugin(NpmClientHandler):
     server_directory = "language-server"
     server_binary_path = os.path.join(server_directory, "node_modules", "basedpyright", "langserver.index.js")
 
-    server_package_json_path = os.path.join("node_modules", "basedpyright", "package.json")
-    """The path to the `package.json` file of the language server."""
     server_version = ""
     """The version of the language server."""
 
@@ -67,6 +66,12 @@ def should_ignore(cls, view: sublime.View) -> bool:
             or view.substr(sublime.Region(0, 20)).startswith("# SYNTAX TEST ")
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup(cls) -> None:
+        super().setup()
+
+        cls.server_version = cls.parse_server_version()
+
     @classmethod
     def can_start(
         cls,
@@ -106,7 +111,6 @@ def on_pre_start(
     ) -> str | None:
         super().on_pre_start(window, initiating_view, workspace_folders, configuration)
 
-        cls.server_version = cls.parse_server_version()
         cls.update_venv_info(configuration.settings, workspace_folders, window=window)
         if venv_info := cls.window_attrs[window].venv_info:
             log_info(f"Using python executable: {venv_info.python_executable}")
@@ -253,10 +257,8 @@ def find_package_dependency_dirs(self, py_ver: tuple[int, int] = (3, 3)) -> list
 
     @classmethod
     def parse_server_version(cls) -> str:
-        if server_dir := cls._server_directory_path():
-            with open(Path(server_dir) / cls.server_package_json_path, "rb") as f:
-                return json.load(f).get("version", "")
-        return ""
+        lock_file_content = sublime.load_resource(f"Packages/{PACKAGE_NAME}/language-server/package-lock.json")
+        return jmespath.search("dependencies.basedpyright.version", json.loads(lock_file_content)) or ""
 
     @classmethod
     def update_venv_info(
diff --git a/requirements-dev.in b/requirements-dev.in
index 158f6b3..9f953a6 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.in
+++ b/requirements-dev.in
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 
 mypy
 ruff>=0.5
+
+types-jmespath
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 86c90ec..d5ad709 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@
 #    uv pip compile requirements-dev.in -o requirements-dev.txt
 jinja2==3.1.4
     # via -r requirements.in
+jmespath==1.0.1
+    # via -r requirements.in
 markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via jinja2
 more-itertools==10.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-mypy==1.10.1
+mypy==1.11.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via mypy
-ruff==0.5.1
+ruff==0.5.3
+    # via -r requirements-dev.in
+types-jmespath==1.0.2.20240106
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index d7d01b5..c51737f 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Jinja2>=3,<4
+jmespath>=1,<2
 more-itertools>=10,<11
 typing-extensions>=4.12
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2532fb3..fac573d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #    uv pip compile requirements.in -o requirements.txt
 jinja2==3.1.4
     # via -r requirements.in
+jmespath==1.0.1
+    # via -r requirements.in
 markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via jinja2
 more-itertools==10.3.0