diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e8d7f07c..910ae4d11 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ axum = "0.7.5"
 bitflags = "2.5.0"
 bitvec = "1.0.1"
 bytes = "1.6.0"
+cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
 ciborium = "0.2.2"
 ciborium-io = "0.2.2"
 clap = { version = "4.5.7", features = ["derive", "env"] }
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 u4 = "0.1.0"
 uint = "0.9.5"
 url = "2.5.2"
+vergen = { version = "9.0.0", features = ["build", "rustc"] }
 winnow = "0.6.13"
 
 # local dependencies
@@ -131,6 +133,3 @@ proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 quote = "1.0"
 syn = "2.0"
 trybuild = "1.0"
-
-vergen = { version = "9.0.0", features = ["build", "rustc"] }
-cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
diff --git a/zero_bin/common/Cargo.toml b/zero_bin/common/Cargo.toml
index 7d63afb9d..0d0e35191 100644
--- a/zero_bin/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zero_bin/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ vergen = { workspace = true }
 [build-dependencies]
 cargo_metadata = { workspace = true }
 vergen = { workspace = true }
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zero_bin/common/src/build_version.rs b/zero_bin/common/build.rs
similarity index 74%
rename from zero_bin/common/src/build_version.rs
rename to zero_bin/common/build.rs
index c556fd775..c3e7b006d 100644
--- a/zero_bin/common/src/build_version.rs
+++ b/zero_bin/common/build.rs
@@ -28,14 +28,3 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
-
-pub fn print_version(
-    evm_arithmetization_package_version: &str,
-    rustc_commit_hash: &str,
-    rustc_timestamp: &str,
-) {
-    println!(
-        "evm_arithmetization Package Version: {}\nBuild Commit Hash: {}\nBuild Timestamp: {}",
-        evm_arithmetization_package_version, rustc_commit_hash, rustc_timestamp
-    )
-}
diff --git a/zero_bin/common/src/lib.rs b/zero_bin/common/src/lib.rs
index 9a612c5b1..5570a5d5f 100644
--- a/zero_bin/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/zero_bin/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pub mod block_interval;
-pub mod build_version;
 pub mod debug_utils;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod parsing;
 pub mod prover_state;
+pub mod version;
diff --git a/zero_bin/common/src/version.rs b/zero_bin/common/src/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dbbf7f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zero_bin/common/src/version.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+pub fn print_version(
+    evm_arithmetization_package_version: &str,
+    rustc_commit_hash: &str,
+    rustc_timestamp: &str,
+) {
+    println!(
+        "evm_arithmetization Package Version: {}\nBuild Commit Hash: {}\nBuild Timestamp: {}",
+        evm_arithmetization_package_version, rustc_commit_hash, rustc_timestamp
+    )
+}
diff --git a/zero_bin/leader/Cargo.toml b/zero_bin/leader/Cargo.toml
index b12d90249..5d0881da1 100644
--- a/zero_bin/leader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zero_bin/leader/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 categories.workspace = true
-build = "../common/src/build_version.rs"
+build = "../common/build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 paladin-core = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zero_bin/leader/src/main.rs b/zero_bin/leader/src/main.rs
index 08c39d687..9aafcd5fd 100644
--- a/zero_bin/leader/src/main.rs
+++ b/zero_bin/leader/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use paladin::runtime::Runtime;
 use proof_gen::proof_types::GeneratedBlockProof;
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 use zero_bin_common::block_interval::BlockInterval;
-use zero_bin_common::build_version;
+use zero_bin_common::version;
 
 use crate::client::{client_main, ProofParams};
 
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         unsafe {
             env::set_var(
                 EVM_ARITHMETIZATION_PKG_VER,
-                // see version.rs
                 env!("EVM_ARITHMETIZATION_PKG_VER"),
             );
         }
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
 
     if args.contains(&"--version".to_string()) {
-        build_version::print_version(
+        version::print_version(
             env!("EVM_ARITHMETIZATION_PKG_VER"),
             env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_COMMIT_HASH"),
             env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
diff --git a/zero_bin/rpc/Cargo.toml b/zero_bin/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 441fe7533..14f447cef 100644
--- a/zero_bin/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zero_bin/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 categories.workspace = true
-build = "../common/src/build_version.rs"
+build = "../common/build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 __compat_primitive_types = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zero_bin/rpc/src/main.rs b/zero_bin/rpc/src/main.rs
index 695375df8..ee1ed08e0 100644
--- a/zero_bin/rpc/src/main.rs
+++ b/zero_bin/rpc/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use rpc::{retry::build_http_retry_provider, RpcType};
 use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 use url::Url;
 use zero_bin_common::block_interval::BlockInterval;
-use zero_bin_common::build_version;
+use zero_bin_common::version;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 pub enum Cli {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ impl Cli {
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     if args.contains(&"--version".to_string()) {
-        build_version::print_version(
+        version::print_version(
             env!("EVM_ARITHMETIZATION_PKG_VER"),
             env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_COMMIT_HASH"),
             env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
diff --git a/zero_bin/verifier/Cargo.toml b/zero_bin/verifier/Cargo.toml
index a8e0abe25..ab9e5068f 100644
--- a/zero_bin/verifier/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zero_bin/verifier/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "verifier"
 authors = ["Polygon Zero <zbrown@polygon.technology>"]
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
-build = "../common/src/build_version.rs"
+build = "../common/build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zero_bin/verifier/src/main.rs b/zero_bin/verifier/src/main.rs
index 72d7f643c..e14ad7827 100644
--- a/zero_bin/verifier/src/main.rs
+++ b/zero_bin/verifier/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use proof_gen::proof_types::GeneratedBlockProof;
 use serde_json::Deserializer;
 use tracing::info;
-use zero_bin_common::build_version;
+use zero_bin_common::version;
 
 mod cli;
 mod init;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     if args.contains(&"--version".to_string()) {
-        build_version::print_version(
+        version::print_version(
             env!("EVM_ARITHMETIZATION_PKG_VER"),
             env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_COMMIT_HASH"),
             env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
diff --git a/zero_bin/worker/Cargo.toml b/zero_bin/worker/Cargo.toml
index 2b0f72564..3a146c90e 100644
--- a/zero_bin/worker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zero_bin/worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 categories.workspace = true
-build = "../common/src/build_version.rs"
+build = "../common/build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 paladin-core = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zero_bin/worker/src/main.rs b/zero_bin/worker/src/main.rs
index 000e67a3a..2358401f4 100644
--- a/zero_bin/worker/src/main.rs
+++ b/zero_bin/worker/src/main.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use ops::register;
 use paladin::runtime::WorkerRuntime;
-use zero_bin_common::build_version;
 use zero_bin_common::prover_state::cli::CliProverStateConfig;
+use zero_bin_common::version;
 
 mod init;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct Cli {
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     if args.contains(&"--version".to_string()) {
-        build_version::print_version(
+        version::print_version(
             env!("EVM_ARITHMETIZATION_PKG_VER"),
             env!("VERGEN_RUSTC_COMMIT_HASH"),
             env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),