diff --git a/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py b/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py
index 047376d0e1..2dc932eeb4 100644
--- a/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py
+++ b/dace/sdfg/sdfg.py
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ def to_json(self, hash=False):
         if hash:
             tmp['attributes']['hash'] = self.hash_sdfg(tmp)
 
+        if int(self.sdfg_id) == 0:
+            tmp['dace_version'] = dace.__version__
+
         return tmp
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/dace/version.py b/dace/version.py
index 8e747ccf61..b80444173f 100644
--- a/dace/version.py
+++ b/dace/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.11.4'
+__version__ = '0.12'