diff --git a/news/changelog-1.7.md b/news/changelog-1.7.md
index 5150e648ee5..abbedc96ac4 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.7.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.7.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ All changes included in 1.7:
 - Fix `pandoc.mediabag` Lua typings so autocompletions work with the Lua LSP integration.
 - ([#11896](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/11896)): fix `\f` (`{{< pagebreak >}}`) form feed character not valid in PowerPoint (`pptx`).
 - ([#11664](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11664)): `lipsum` shortcode is no longer randomly generated by default, use `{{< lipsum random=true >}}` to restore randomness.
+- ([#11379](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/11379)): Add `version` shortcode to display the current Quarto version.
 
 ## Engines
 
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/quarto/version/_extension.yml b/src/resources/extensions/quarto/version/_extension.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f9b6b6f1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/quarto/version/_extension.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+title: Version
+author: Posit, PBC
+organization: quarto
+contributes:
+  shortcodes:
+    - version.lua
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/quarto/version/version.lua b/src/resources/extensions/quarto/version/version.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d957070c79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/quarto/version/version.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+return {
+  ['version'] = function(args, kwargs, meta)
+    return table.concat(quarto.version, '.')
+  end
+}
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/03/06/issue-12006.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/03/06/issue-12006.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5056f707207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/03/06/issue-12006.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+format: html
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - ["Quarto [0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+ is amazing"]
+---
+
+Quarto {{< version >}} is amazing.