diff -up ./src/Client.php.rpm ./src/Client.php
--- ./src/Client.php.rpm	2024-03-28 07:31:35.800951756 +0100
+++ ./src/Client.php	2024-03-28 07:33:06.605444491 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace MongoDB;
 
-use Composer\InstalledVersions;
 use Iterator;
 use MongoDB\Driver\ClientEncryption;
 use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\InvalidArgumentException as DriverInvalidArgumentException;
@@ -395,11 +394,7 @@ class Client
     private static function getVersion(): string
     {
         if (self::$version === null) {
-            try {
-                self::$version = InstalledVersions::getPrettyVersion('mongodb/mongodb') ?? 'unknown';
-            } catch (Throwable $t) {
-                self::$version = 'error';
-            }
+            self::$version = '@VERSION@';
         }
 
         return self::$version;