diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index 8c114c9..360f2c5 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/labd/contentstack-go-sdk/management"
 )
 
-
-func New() tfsdk.Provider {
-	return &provider{}
+func New(version string) func() tfsdk.Provider {
+	return func() tfsdk.Provider {
+		return &provider{version: version}
+	}
 }
 
 type provider struct {
-	configured bool
-	stack      *management.StackInstance
-	client     *management.Client
+	stack   *management.StackInstance
+	client  *management.Client
+	version string
 }
 
 // GetSchema
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8f9db1a..2a6a72e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&debugMode, "debug", false, "set to true to run the provider with support for debuggers like delve")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	providerserver.Serve(context.Background(), provider.New, providerserver.ServeOpts{
+	providerserver.Serve(context.Background(), provider.New(version), providerserver.ServeOpts{
 		Address: "registry.terraform.io/labd/contentstack",
 		Debug:   debugMode,
 	})