diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 9bcc43dca7fd..88f53f13418b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout codebase
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      # Generate deployed-version info (git hash, commit date, build run) into a file
+      # that the backend exposes as `buildVersion` on the REST root endpoint (issue #813).
+      # Must run before the Docker build so the file is included in the image.
+      - name: Add version
+        run: python scripts/sourceversion.py ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/ ${{ github.run_id }} > dspace/config/VERSION_D.txt
+
       # https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RootConverter.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RootConverter.java
index 61f18a5b3c9c..f9d20fcb9b2d 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RootConverter.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/RootConverter.java
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 
 import static org.dspace.app.util.Util.getSourceVersion;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.RootRest;
 import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -29,6 +34,37 @@ public RootRest convert() {
         rootRest.setDspaceUI(configurationService.getProperty("dspace.ui.url"));
         rootRest.setDspaceServer(configurationService.getProperty("dspace.server.url"));
         rootRest.setDspaceVersion("DSpace " + getSourceVersion());
+        rootRest.setBuildVersion(getBuildVersion());
         return rootRest;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Read the build version from the `build.version.file.path` property
+     *
+     * @return content of the version file
+     */
+    private String getBuildVersion() {
+        String bVersionFilePath = configurationService.getProperty("build.version.file.path");
+
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(bVersionFilePath)) {
+            return "Unknown";
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder buildVersion = new StringBuilder();
+        try {
+            FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(bVersionFilePath);
+            BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
+
+            String line;
+            // Read each line from the file until the end of the file is reached
+            while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
+                buildVersion.append(line);
+            }
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // Empty - do not log anything
+        }
+
+        return buildVersion.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/RootRest.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/RootRest.java
index cef8965601ca..b1eddec47d4b 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/RootRest.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/RootRest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class RootRest extends RestAddressableModel {
     private String dspaceName;
     private String dspaceServer;
     private String dspaceVersion;
+    private String buildVersion;
 
     public String getCategory() {
         return CATEGORY;
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@ public void setDspaceVersion(String dspaceVersion) {
         this.dspaceVersion = dspaceVersion;
     }
 
+    public String getBuildVersion() {
+        return buildVersion;
+    }
+
+    public void setBuildVersion(String buildVersion) {
+        this.buildVersion = buildVersion;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object object) {
         return (object instanceof RootRest &&
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object object) {
                                .append(this.getDspaceUI(), ((RootRest) object).getDspaceUI())
                                .append(this.getDspaceName(), ((RootRest) object).getDspaceName())
                                .append(this.getDspaceServer(), ((RootRest) object).getDspaceServer())
+                               .append(this.getBuildVersion(), ((RootRest) object).getBuildVersion())
                                .isEquals());
     }
 
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
             .append(this.getDspaceName())
             .append(this.getDspaceUI())
             .append(this.getDspaceServer())
+            .append(this.getBuildVersion())
             .toHashCode();
     }
 }
diff --git a/dspace/config/VERSION_D.txt b/dspace/config/VERSION_D.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/dspace/config/clarin-dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/clarin-dspace.cfg
index 7bad095eb855..bcd0c93011e7 100644
--- a/dspace/config/clarin-dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/clarin-dspace.cfg
@@ -218,4 +218,8 @@ identifiers.item-status.register-doi = true
 
 ##### Dataquest URL - sing in the footer #####
 themed.by.url = https://www.dataquest.sk/dspace
-themed.by.company.name = dataquest s.r.o.
\ No newline at end of file
+themed.by.company.name = dataquest s.r.o.
+
+### The build version is stored in the specific file (issue #813) ###
+### Exposed as `buildVersion` on the REST root endpoint (/server/api). ###
+build.version.file.path = ${dspace.dir}/config/VERSION_D.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/sourceversion.py b/scripts/sourceversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b838d70708c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sourceversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+def get_time_in_timezone(zone: str = "Europe/Bratislava"):
+    try:
+        from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+        my_tz = ZoneInfo(zone)
+    except Exception as e:
+        my_tz = timezone.utc
+    return datetime.now(my_tz)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ts = get_time_in_timezone()
+    print(f"This info was generated on: {ts.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z%z')}")
+
+    cmd = 'git log -1 --pretty=format:"Git hash: %H Date of commit: %ai"'
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+
+    link = sys.argv[1] + sys.argv[2]
+    print(' Build run: ' + link + ' ')