diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5cabdb177..ce5ab6c12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2481,6 +2481,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "dioxus-cli-config"
 version = "0.5.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "built",
  "cargo_toml",
  "clap 4.5.9",
  "dirs",
diff --git a/packages/cli-config/Cargo.toml b/packages/cli-config/Cargo.toml
index 97666b088..a2624470a 100644
--- a/packages/cli-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/cli-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ tauri-utils = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 dirs = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
+[build-dependencies]
+built = { version = "=0.7.3", features = ["git2"] }
+
 [features]
 default = ["read-config"]
 cli = ["dep:tauri-bundler", "dep:tauri-utils", "read-from-args", "dep:toml", "dep:cargo_toml", "dep:dirs"]
diff --git a/packages/cli-config/build.rs b/packages/cli-config/build.rs
index 06741a669..4892c32bb 100644
--- a/packages/cli-config/build.rs
+++ b/packages/cli-config/build.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // This means that some library is trying to access the crate's configuration, but the dioxus CLI was not used to build the application.
 
 fn main() {
+    built::write_built_file().expect("Failed to acquire build-time information");
+
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=DIOXUS_CONFIG");
     let dioxus_config = std::env::var("DIOXUS_CONFIG");
     let built_with_dioxus = dioxus_config.is_ok();
diff --git a/packages/cli-config/src/build_info.rs b/packages/cli-config/src/build_info.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d11fb6389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-config/src/build_info.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// The file has been placed there by the build script.
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
diff --git a/packages/cli-config/src/lib.rs b/packages/cli-config/src/lib.rs
index b6054509b..91c3f646a 100644
--- a/packages/cli-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/cli-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@ pub use bundle::*;
 mod serve;
 pub use serve::*;
 
+mod build_info;
+
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod __private {
     use crate::DioxusConfig;
 
+    pub(crate) const DIOXUS_CLI_VERSION: &str = "DIOXUS_CLI_VERSION";
     pub(crate) const CONFIG_ENV: &str = "DIOXUS_CONFIG";
     pub(crate) const CONFIG_BASE_PATH_ENV: &str = "DIOXUS_CONFIG_BASE_PATH";
 
-    pub fn save_config(config: &DioxusConfig) -> CrateConfigDropGuard {
+    pub fn save_config(config: &DioxusConfig, cli_version: &str) -> CrateConfigDropGuard {
         std::env::set_var(CONFIG_ENV, serde_json::to_string(config).unwrap());
         std::env::set_var(
             CONFIG_BASE_PATH_ENV,
             config.web.app.base_path.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
         );
+        std::env::set_var(DIOXUS_CLI_VERSION, cli_version);
         CrateConfigDropGuard
     }
 
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ pub mod __private {
         fn drop(&mut self) {
             std::env::remove_var(CONFIG_ENV);
             std::env::remove_var(CONFIG_BASE_PATH_ENV);
+            std::env::remove_var(DIOXUS_CLI_VERSION);
         }
     }
 
@@ -61,11 +66,28 @@ pub static CURRENT_CONFIG: once_cell::sync::Lazy<
     Result<crate::config::DioxusConfig, DioxusCLINotUsed>,
 > = once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(|| {
     CURRENT_CONFIG_JSON
-        .and_then(|config| serde_json::from_str(config).ok())
-        .ok_or_else(|| {
-            tracing::warn!("A library is trying to access the crate's configuration, but the dioxus CLI was not used to build the application.");
-            DioxusCLINotUsed
-    })
+    .ok_or_else(|| {
+        tracing::warn!("A library is trying to access the crate's configuration, but the dioxus CLI was not used to build the application.");
+        DioxusCLINotUsed
+}).and_then(
+    |config|
+    match serde_json::from_str(config) {
+        Ok(config) => Ok(config),
+        Err(err) => {
+            let mut cli_version = crate::build_info::PKG_VERSION.to_string();
+
+            if let Some(hash) = crate::build_info::GIT_COMMIT_HASH_SHORT {
+                let hash = &hash.trim_start_matches('g')[..4];
+                cli_version.push_str(&format!("-{hash}"));
+            }
+
+            let dioxus_version = std::option_env!("DIOXUS_CLI_VERSION").unwrap_or("unknown");
+
+            tracing::warn!("Failed to parse the CLI config file. This is likely caused by a mismatch between the version of the CLI and the dioxus version.\nCLI version: {cli_version}\nDioxus version: {dioxus_version}\nSerialization error: {err}");
+            Err(DioxusCLINotUsed)
+        }
+    }
+)
 });
 
 #[cfg(feature = "read-config")]
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/builder/cargo.rs b/packages/cli/src/builder/cargo.rs
index 113a10474..73e06d006 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/builder/cargo.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/builder/cargo.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,15 @@ impl BuildRequest {
         tracing::info!("🚅 Running build [Desktop] command...");
 
         // Set up runtime guards
-        let _guard = dioxus_cli_config::__private::save_config(&self.dioxus_crate.dioxus_config);
+        let mut dioxus_version = crate::dx_build_info::PKG_VERSION.to_string();
+        if let Some(hash) = crate::dx_build_info::GIT_COMMIT_HASH_SHORT {
+            let hash = &hash.trim_start_matches('g')[..4];
+            dioxus_version.push_str(&format!("-{hash}"));
+        }
+        let _guard = dioxus_cli_config::__private::save_config(
+            &self.dioxus_crate.dioxus_config,
+            &dioxus_version,
+        );
         let _manganis_support = ManganisSupportGuard::default();
         let _asset_guard = AssetConfigDropGuard::new();