diff -up ./src/Client.php.rpm ./src/Client.php
--- ./src/Client.php.rpm	2025-02-28 15:03:47.099826893 +0100
+++ ./src/Client.php	2025-02-28 15:04:54.310620093 +0100
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace MongoDB;
 
-use Composer\InstalledVersions;
 use Iterator;
 use MongoDB\BSON\Document;
 use MongoDB\BSON\PackedArray;
@@ -453,11 +452,7 @@ class Client
     private static function getVersion(): string
     {
         if (self::$version === null) {
-            try {
-                self::$version = InstalledVersions::getPrettyVersion('mongodb/mongodb') ?? 'unknown';
-            } catch (Throwable) {
-                self::$version = 'error';
-            }
+            self::$version = '@VERSION@';
         }
 
         return self::$version;