diff --git a/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.global-override-for-injectable.ts b/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.global-override-for-injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d473eb1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.global-override-for-injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import { getGlobalOverride } from "../test-utils/get-global-override";
+import extensionApiVersionInjectable from "./extension-api-version.injectable";
+
+export default getGlobalOverride(extensionApiVersionInjectable, () => "6.0.0");
diff --git a/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.injectable.ts b/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.injectable.ts
index 9b84cf1177..d4ddb92f00 100644
--- a/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/vars/extension-api-version.injectable.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
-import applicationInformationToken from "./application-information-token";
+import packageJson from "../../../package.json";
 
 const extensionApiVersionInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "extension-api-version",
-  instantiate: (di) => {
-    const { major, minor, patch } = new SemVer(di.inject(applicationInformationToken).version);
+  instantiate: () => {
+    const { major, minor, patch } = new SemVer(packageJson.version);
 
     return `${major}.${minor}.${patch}`;
   },
+  causesSideEffects: true,
 });
 
 export default extensionApiVersionInjectable;