diff --git a/pysmspp/smspp_tools.py b/pysmspp/smspp_tools.py
index 8bf7224..5596bd8 100644
--- a/pysmspp/smspp_tools.py
+++ b/pysmspp/smspp_tools.py
@@ -233,6 +233,59 @@ def help(self, print_message=True):
             print(msg)
         return msg
 
+    def version(self, option="--version", print_message=True):
+        """
+        Return the semantic version reported by the SMS++ solver.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        option : str, optional
+            Option to query the tool version, by default "--version".
+        print_message : bool, optional
+            Whether to print the raw version output from the solver, by default
+            True.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
+            The semantic version (e.g. "0.7.1") parsed from the tool output.
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        ValueError
+            If the tool output does not contain a parseable semantic version.
+        """
+
+        def _run(option):
+            command = [self._solver_path, option]
+            if self._shell:
+                command = f"{self._solver_path} {option}"
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                command,
+                capture_output=True,
+                shell=self._shell,
+                check=False,
+            )
+            stdout = result.stdout
+            stderr = result.stderr
+            if isinstance(stdout, bytes):
+                stdout = stdout.decode("utf-8")
+            if isinstance(stderr, bytes):
+                stderr = stderr.decode("utf-8")
+            return str(stdout) + os.linesep + str(stderr)
+
+        msg = _run(option)
+        res = re.search(r"\d+(?:\.\d+){1,}", msg)
+
+        if res is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Failed to parse version from {self._solver_path} output:\n{msg}"
+            )
+
+        if print_message:
+            print(msg)
+        return res.group()
+
     def optimize(self, logging=True, tracking_period=0.1):
         """
         Run the SMSPP Solver tool.
diff --git a/test/test_smspp_tools.py b/test/test_smspp_tools.py
index 3d009e4..9f20aa6 100644
--- a/test/test_smspp_tools.py
+++ b/test/test_smspp_tools.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+import pysmspp.smspp_tools as smspp_tools_module
 from pysmspp import InvestmentBlockSolver, SMSPPSolverTool, UCBlockSolver
 
 
@@ -20,6 +21,41 @@ def calculate_executable_call(self):
         return [sys.executable, "-c", code]
 
 
+def test_version_reads_solver_version():
+    solver = UCBlockSolver(solver_path=sys.executable)
+    version = solver.version(print_message=False)
+    assert version.count(".") >= 1
+
+
+def test_version_with_custom_option():
+    solver = UCBlockSolver(solver_path=sys.executable)
+    version = solver.version(option="-V", print_message=False)
+    assert version.count(".") >= 1
+
+
+def test_version_raises_if_output_is_not_a_semantic_version(monkeypatch):
+    def fake_run(*args, **kwargs):
+        return smspp_tools_module.subprocess.CompletedProcess(
+            args=["ucblock_solver", "--version"],
+            returncode=0,
+            stdout="no semantic version here\n",
+            stderr="",
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(smspp_tools_module.subprocess, "run", fake_run)
+
+    solver = UCBlockSolver(solver_path="ucblock_solver")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Failed to parse version"):
+        solver.version(print_message=False)
+
+
+def test_version_supports_shell_solver_commands():
+    code = "print('SMS++ tools version 0.7.1')"
+    solver_cmd = f'{sys.executable} -c "{code}"'
+    solver = UCBlockSolver(solver_path=solver_cmd, shell=True)
+    assert solver.version(print_message=False) == "0.7.1"
+
+
 def test_optimize_reads_subprocess_output_portably(tmp_path):
     fp_network = tmp_path / "network.nc4"
     fp_config = tmp_path / "config.txt"