diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/constants.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/constants.ts
index a9a91394f48c..0b413e6f4182 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/constants.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ export const NODE_MINOR_VERSION = parseInt(
   10,
 );
 
-/** Docusaurus core version. */
-// eslint-disable-next-line global-require, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-export const DOCUSAURUS_VERSION = require('../package.json').version;
-
 /**
  * Can be overridden with cli option `--out-dir`. Code should generally use
  * `context.outDir` instead (which is always absolute and localized).
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
index fb2c66435ea2..6431c9192658 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 export {
   NODE_MAJOR_VERSION,
   NODE_MINOR_VERSION,
-  DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
   DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR_NAME,
   DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME,
   BABEL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/bin/beforeCli.mjs b/packages/docusaurus/bin/beforeCli.mjs
index 0c374dba1722..522867ec1b55 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/bin/beforeCli.mjs
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/bin/beforeCli.mjs
@@ -14,21 +14,15 @@ import path from 'path';
 import updateNotifier from 'update-notifier';
 import boxen from 'boxen';
 import {createRequire} from 'module';
-import {DOCUSAURUS_VERSION} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 
 const packageJson = createRequire(import.meta.url)('../package.json');
-/** @type {Record<string, any>} */
-let sitePkg;
-try {
-  sitePkg = createRequire(path.resolve('package.json'))('./package.json');
-} catch {
-  logger.warn`path=${'package.json'} file not found at CWD: path=${process.cwd()}.`;
-  logger.info`This is non-critical, but could lead to undesired behavior downstream. Docusaurus assumes that path=${'package.json'} exists at CWD, because it's where the package manager looks up the script at. A common reason is because you have changed directory in the script. Instead of writing code=${'"start": "cd website && docusaurus start"'}, consider using the code=${'[siteDir]'} argument: code=${'"start": "docusaurus start website"'}.`;
-  sitePkg = {};
-}
+const sitePkg = createRequire(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'))(
+  './package.json',
+);
 
 const {
   name,
+  version,
   engines: {node: requiredVersion},
 } = packageJson;
 
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ export default async function beforeCli() {
   const notifier = updateNotifier({
     pkg: {
       name,
-      version: DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
+      version,
     },
     // Check is in background so it's fine to use a small value like 1h
     // Use 0 for debugging
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs b/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
index 759aad41cc98..8d156d790185 100755
--- a/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import cli from 'commander';
-import {DOCUSAURUS_VERSION} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {createRequire} from 'module';
 import {
   build,
   swizzle,
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ await beforeCli();
 
 const resolveDir = (dir = '.') => fs.realpath(dir);
 
-cli.version(DOCUSAURUS_VERSION).usage('<command> [options]');
+cli
+  .version(createRequire(import.meta.url)('../package.json').version)
+  .usage('<command> [options]');
 
 cli
   .command('build [siteDir]')
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx
index 2f14ecabd238..ec01d1b9b441 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import type {Locals} from '@slorber/static-site-generator-webpack-plugin';
-import {DOCUSAURUS_VERSION} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+const packageJson = require('../../package.json');
 
 const getCompiledSSRTemplate = _.memoize((template: string) =>
   eta.compile(template.trim(), {
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ async function doRender(locals: Locals & {path: string}) {
     scripts,
     stylesheets,
     noIndex,
-    version: DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
+    version: packageJson.version,
   });
 
   try {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/siteMetadata.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/siteMetadata.ts
index bde32ad967c3..ec855f94d57b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/siteMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/siteMetadata.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import type {
   PluginVersionInformation,
   SiteMetadata,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
-import {DOCUSAURUS_VERSION} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
@@ -99,7 +98,9 @@ export async function loadSiteMetadata({
   siteDir: string;
 }): Promise<SiteMetadata> {
   const siteMetadata: SiteMetadata = {
-    docusaurusVersion: DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
+    docusaurusVersion: (await getPackageJsonVersion(
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../package.json'),
+    ))!,
     siteVersion: await getPackageJsonVersion(
       path.join(siteDir, 'package.json'),
     ),